The Airbus A350 Assembly Process That Requires The Wing To Travel Through Four Countries Before The Aircraft Ever Reaches A Customer

The Airbus A350 is one of the most technologically advanced commercial aircraft ever built, but its journey to an airline ...
JEC Composites

iSurface unveils live and intelligent composites material for structural health monitoring of critical aircraft structures

iSurface, a project led by Munro Technology, Z Prime, Axalp Technologies AG and researchers from Swiss university of applied sciences FHNW (Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz), unveiled a new intelligent ...

Why aeroplane windows are round instead of square: The travel science behind a critical safety feature

Look out from any airline seat and the shape appears entirely ordinary. Aircraft windows are rarely square and rarely have ...
Drexel University

Drexel Engineers Develop Tool to Predict Fatigue Crack Growth in Aircraft Fuselages

A research team at Drexel University's College of Engineering, led by Professors Ahmad R. Najafi, Jonathan Awerbuch, and Tein-Min Tan of mechanical engineering and mechanics, has developed a new way ...
Aviation Week

Know Your Radome, An Important Structure, Part 1

The radome on this Fokker F100 suffered significant damage, losing its structural integrity. Credit: Poland State Commission on Aircraft Accident Investigation Aircraft radomes are precisely ...

Why are airplane windows round instead of square?

If you've ever flown in an airplane, chances are you've asked yourself why all commercial aircraft have rounded or ...
Morningstar

SAFE Structure Designs Awarded Contract to Engineer and Manufacture Custom Aircraft Maintenance Crane for the Presidential Aircraft Air Force One and Air Force Two

LAS VEGAS, March 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- S.A.F.E. Structure Designs, a leading aviation maintenance equipment manufacturer and defense contractor, has been awarded a contract by L3Harris Technologies ...