Tow steering, Part 2: The next generation
By: Jeff Sloan
Wings on next-generation commercial aircraft will be longer, thinner, more aerodynamic and more efficient. They also are ideal candidates for the application of steered tows. One project aimed to design, fabricate and quantify a tow-steered wing skin.
#feature #787
AZL Aachen webinar: Designing with thermoplastic composites
By: Jeff Sloan
AZL Aachen is hosting the fifth webinar in its Lightweight TechTalk series, titled, “Best Practices in Lightweight Design with Thermoplastic Composites” on Thursday, Jan. 28, 1:00-2:45 p.m. (13:00-14:45) CET.
Boeing shutters commercial composites R&D facility
By: Jeff Sloan
In an effort to trim costs, commercial composites R&D at Boeing’s Advanced Developmental Composites (ADC) center in Seattle is being distributed among other Boeing composites facilities in the Puget Sound region.
#787 #boeing
What a difference a year makes
By: Jeff Sloan
If 2020 was bad, then 2021 can only be better. CW Editor-in-Chief Jeff Sloan discusses the promising and not-so-promising industry trends leading up to 2021.
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Joby Aviation acquires Uber Elevate
By: Jeff Sloan
As part of the agreement, Uber Elevate, which is developing an air taxi ridesharing service, will invest $75 million in Joby, which is developing an all-electric eVTOL that the company hopes will enter service in 2023.
Boeing conducts inspections of 787 composite inner fuselage skin
By: Jeff Sloan
Boeing reports that it is checking the flatness of inner fuselage skins on all undelivered 787s to verify structural integrity.
#trends #787 #boeing
Boeing adjusts 2021 787 production downward
By: Jeff Sloan
Persistent headwinds in international air travel have compelled Boeing to reduced 787 production from six to five per month by mid-2021.
#787 #777x #boeing
The markets: Pressure vessels (2021)
By: Jeff Sloan
Demand for composite pressure vessels for storage of natural gas and hydrogen is expected to increase substantially over the next decade as OEMs and governments look for ways to reduce vehicle emissions.
#feature #multitudeofmarkets
The markets: Construction (2021)
By: Jeff Sloan
The construction industry is an economy unto itself, and will be worth more than $15 trillion annually by 2030. More than 36 million new housing units will be required in the world’s 20 largest cities by 2025. Legacy materials dominate in this market, but the opportunities for composites are substantial, and growing.
#multitudeofmarkets
The markets: Industrial (2021)
By: Jeff Sloan
Composites often must meet a certain aesthetic in applications where the consumer is the end user. But fiber-reinforced materials are just as valuable in industrial applications where corrosion resistance, high strength and durability are the performance drivers.
#feature #layup #multitudeofmarkets
The markets: Aerospace (2021)
By: Jeff Sloan
The coronavirus pandemic, a once-in-a-millennia global catastrophe, has depressed commercial air travel in unprecedented and disastrous ways. Implications start with the airlines themselves and trickle down to major airframers and the entire tier structure of the aerospace supply chain.
#boeing #nextgenaerospace #spiritaerosystems
And the winners are...
By: Jeff Sloan
As 2020 comes to an end, CW Editor-in-Chief Jeff Sloan takes a look at the stories over the last 12 months that garnered the most attention on the CW website.
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