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Teledyne CML Composites awarded Airbus A400M contract

Teledyne CML Composites announces the award of a contract with Airbus in Madrid for the ‘Life Of Program’ supply of composite wing components and assemblies on the A400M tactical airlifter. …
2 weeks ago Mike Richardson
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The sky's the limit for AMCs

As aerospace manufacturers continue to look for new ways to increase product capabilities and performance while simultaneously meeting ambitious goals for fuel efficiency and sustainability, Richard Thompson, commercial director of…
6 months ago Mike Richardson
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A machining powerhouse

Airbus has opened a new Manufacturing Milling Centre (MMC) at its Hamburg, Finkenwerder site following a year of construction. Mike Richardson discovers more about the facility from the company’s MMC…
7 months ago Mike Richardson
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Building the wings of tomorrow

Mike Richardson visits the National Composites Centre to see how the facility’s new High Rate Deposition Cell is set to revolutionise the future of aircraft wing production.   The NCC…
8 months ago Mike Richardson
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NCC unveils a bright digital future for composites manufacturing

On Friday 28 February 2020, the UK’s National Composites Centre (NCC) opened the doors to the most advanced composite manufacturing facility in the world.  Part laboratory, part factory, the 9,948m2…
11 months ago Mike Richardson
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Saertex extends carbon-fibre contract with Bombardier

Bombardier Belfast and Saertex will extend their cooperation on the manufacture of lightweight components made of carbon-fibre, non-crimp-fabrics for the Airbus A220. Saertex supplies textile reinforcement materials and carbon fibre…
11 months ago Mike Richardson
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FACC hails winglet milestone

FACC Wichita reached a significant milestone recently when it performed the 1,000th Split Scimitar Winglet modification.   One year after the plant extension, the FACC subsidiary located in Wichita, USA,…
1 year ago Mike Richardson
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Bombardier sells aerostructures business to Spirit

Bombardier has agreed to sell its aerostructures business, including its operation in Belfast, to Spirit AeroSystems in a deal worth $1.1 billion. With this transaction, Spirit will acquire Bombardier’s aerostructures…
1 year ago Michael Tyrrell
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GKN Aerospace breaks new ground in composite wing technology

GKN Aerospace has reached a major milestone in the Wing of Tomorrow programme after developing a mid-scale demonstrator tool for its Filton facility. This tool provides a fully functioning automated low…
1 year ago Michael Tyrrell
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Spirit announces Airbus Wing of Tomorrow collaboration

Spirit AeroSystems has announced its role on the Airbus Wing of Tomorrow programme, contributing across four technology projects supporting commercial aviation applications. Led by efforts at the company's Prestwick, Scotland,…
2 years ago Mike Richardson
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How the albatross is inspiring next generation of aircraft wings

Airbus engineers have developed a scale-model aeroplane with the first in-flight, flapping wing-tips that could revolutionise aircraft wing-design. The company has drawn on nature to develop its ‘semi-aeroelastic hinge’ concept…
2 years ago Mike Richardson
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Building things with wings

During the WEAF Annual Conference held last February, Airbus’ Head of the Wing of Tomorrow Programme, Sue Partridge took to the lectern to tell interested delegates about the latest developments…
2 years ago Mike Richardson
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Bombardier to sell its Belfast and Morocco aerostructures businesses

Bombardier has announced it will pursue selling its Belfast and Morocco aerostructures businesses, as stated in its Q1 financial results. The company said: “Our sites in Belfast and Morocco have…
2 years ago Michael Tyrrell
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Teijin wins Bombardier Airbus A220 supply contract

Teijin has announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply its Tenax carbon fibre material to Bombardier Aerostructures and Engineering Services for another seven years until 2025. Teijin…
2 years ago Mike Richardson
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FACC delivers 1,000th flap shipset for the Airbus A321

With the delivery of the 1,000th shipset of the outer flaps for the Airbus A321, FACC says it underscores its position as an important technology partner to Airbus. FACC has…
2 years ago Mike Richardson
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On the wings of automated freedom

Professor Phil Webb, the Royal Academy of Engineering Airbus Chair in Aero-Structure Design, Aerospace Integration Research Centre, Cranfield University looks at the challenges involved in human-robot collaborative manufacturing, the kinds…
2 years ago Mike Richardson
features

The art of folding

Wings that can fold or change shape in flight – yet without needing bulky control systems – could revolutionise flight efficiency. Lou Reade reports. Aeroplane wings are designed for rigidity.…
3 years ago Mike Richardson
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Boeing, Mitsubishi Heavy reach agreement to cut costs of 787 wing production

Boeing and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have announced an agreement to strengthen collaboration in ways that will enhance both companies' competitiveness. The agreement includes efforts to reduce costs in MHI production…
3 years ago Michael Tyrrell
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Solvay doubles European kitting capabilities

Solvay says it is doubling its kitting capabilities for process materials in France to meet the increasing production rate of large composite parts such as aircraft wings or wind turbine…
3 years ago Mike Richardson
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Weighting in the wings

Cyient’s senior vice-president - aerospace & defence, Anand Parameswaran and head of aerospace and defence, EMEA, Ian Thompson discuss the evolution of aircraft wings and the innovations that create significant…
4 years ago Michael Tyrrell
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A swept wing with(out) a twist

New configurations deal a new hand to old airframers. Aerospace Manufacturing reports on the revolutionary ‘box tail’ wing developments taking place at Synergy Aircraft. Poker players can sit at the…
4 years ago Michael Tyrrell
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New R&D set to shape future aircraft

Renishaw is contributing its additive manufacturing expertise to a new £17.7 million project, being led by Airbus in the UK, to develop an innovative way of designing and manufacturing aircraft…
4 years ago Mike Richardson
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