Inside the massive testing hangars across Seattle and Everett, the world's biggest jetliners are turned into mechanical lab rats. Hydraulic actuators yank their wings skyward, compressors simulate ...

Fleet Readiness Center East at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point is set to become one of only two sites in the world to use laser technology to strengthen aircraft structural components. The ...

Extended fleet life is shifting the balance of the parts market, intensifying demand and making real-time insight the key ...

A new phosphorescent material remembers mechanical stress and resets with ultrasound, enabling reusable optical sensors to ...

All aircraft wings have a remarkable capacity for flex. But one of the most significant changes in aircraft engineering in the four decades or so has been the addition of composite materials, ...

Norsk Titanium produces aerospace structures using Rapid Plasma Deposition™, in which titanium wire is melted by argon-shrouded plasma torches, to form near-net-shape parts. The company is developing ...

A troubling string of incidents involving aircraft window failures has caught public attention over the past few weeks, including one where the cockpit windshield of a Sichuan Airlines A319 blew out ...

In an industry as large and competitive as the aeronautical business, production optimization and efficiency are imperative. This need for production advancements is intensified further by increasing ...

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 ...

Aircraft availability remains one of the most significant constraints on aviation industry’s growth, globally.