A phenomenon known as barely visible impact damage makes composite aircraft like the A350 much more difficult to repair after ...

The National Transportation Safety Board has scheduled a public forum Sept. 21-22 on airplane fuselage structural integrity. The forum will cover fuselage design, certification of fuselage structures, ...

As part of the EU-funded Clean Sky 2/Clean Aviation project “Large Passenger Aircraft” (“LPA”), the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in Stade, Germany, together with international project partners, has joined ...

The fuselage of a drone serves as its structural core, housing critical components such as batteries, sensors, and control systems, while providing attachment points for wings, motors, and landing ...

Boeing has expanded its examination of 787 Dreamliners after finding more widespread instances of a defect initially thought confined to the aircraft’s aft fuselage plant in South Carolina, prompting ...

The Boeing 747SP remains one of the most unique aircraft in commercial aviation history.

The first rear fuselage structure produced at the Polish plant was unveiled on Aug. 29. Credit: PZL Mielec Lockheed Martin’s Polish affiliate, PZL Mielec, has expanded its production operations to ...

Saab has shipped its first aft fuselage section for an engineering and manufacturing development (EMD)-phase example of the US Air Force’s Boeing T-7A Red Hawk advanced jet trainer. Produced at Saab’s ...

Boeing engineers insist they are confident in the long-term structural integrity of the 787’s composite fuselage, saying extensive testing and examination has shown that the fuselages retain ...

Boeing Australia has completed assembly of the fuselage structure of the first ‘loyal wingman’ unmanned aircraft it is developing in partnership with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Boeing ...

Boom Supersonic announced new tier 1 suppliers—Leonardo, Aernnova, and Aciturri—at the Paris Air Show, who will develop key structural components like the Overture's fuselage, wings, and empennage.

Part 22 of an ongoing Zenith 750SD Xtreme build, pushing the design further into extreme STOL performance territory. The post ...