Boeing has completed destructive testing on the 787's all-composite wing box, a process which is part of the aircraft's certification programme. Manufactured by Boeing's Japanese partners, the wing ...

Airbus has completed structural assembly of the first flying A350-900 prototype’s initial wing box at its Broughton plant in the UK. Airbus has completed structural assembly of the first flying ...

—Operators of mature C-130 Hercules have three good options for upgrading the aircraft’s center wing box, the high-stress area where wings, empennage and landing gear meet. The first option is ...

The throughput of composites manufacturing technologies used to fabricate wings for the A350 and 787 will not be adequate for next-generation single-aisle planes. Such programs, with an anticipated ...

The first four of seven composite layup molds for the Airbus A380 wing center section skin were recently shipped to Airbus-Nantes in France from UCAR Composites in Irvine, Calif. The A380 will have ...

The Airbus C295 Flight Test Bed 2 (FTB#2) successfully performed its flight campaign, testing a new semi-morphing wing, as well as on-ground structural tests of a novel composite outer wing box.

Boeing said it had resolved issues on a center wing box for the 787, two days after the Dreamliner’s biggest customer said the jet may be delayed for a third time. “It is a normal part of the ...