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Airbus to expand A320 assembly capacity in China
A recent industry agreement to open a second line in Tianjin, China is targeted at Airbus’ goal to produce 75 aircraft/month globally in 2026.
Read MorePEEK vs. PEKK vs. PAEK and continuous compression molding
Suppliers of thermoplastics and carbon fiber chime in regarding PEEK vs. PEKK, and now PAEK, as well as in-situ consolidation — the supply chain for thermoplastic tape composites continues to evolve.
Read MoreDelta Air Lines firms order for 12 additional Airbus A220 aircraft
Delta Airlines has now made four reorders within four years, bringing its total to 119 single-aisle A220 aircraft.
Read MoreAirbus releases 2022 full-year commercial aircraft orders, deliveries
The aerospace giant surpassed 2021 net orders, deliveries and aircraft in backlog covering all aircraft families.
Read MoreAirbus reveals hydrogen-powered zero-emission engine
Fuel cell engine architecture will be tested onboard Airbus’ ZEROe demonstrator aircraft to determine feasibility of a 2035 entry-into-service.
Read MoreAirbus, ArianeGroup sign transition batch contract for Ariane 6 launch vehicles
Airbus will provide four primary lightweight carbon fibers structures for the next 14 vehicle launchers via state-of-the-art 4.0 industrial facility in Getafe, Spain.
Read MoreAir Canada orders additional A220s, brings total to 60 aircraft
Fifteen additional A220s, featuring infused composite wings, brings Air Canada’s operational fleet to more than 125 Airbus aircraft.
Read MoreOne-piece, one-shot, 17-meter wing spar for high-rate aircraft manufacture
GKN Aerospace has spent the last five years developing materials strategies and resin transfer molding (RTM) for an aircraft trailing edge wing spar for the Airbus Wing of Tomorrow program.
Read MoreAirbus, Hiratagakuen partner to develop AAM services in Japan
Agreement will tackle future eVTOL flight routes, concepts of operations and equipment for safe flights, all of which is crucial to launch commercial services with the composite CityAirbus NextGen.
Read MoreAirbus-built European Service Module is ready for launch with Orion spacecraft
The European Space Module (ESM) will power NASA’s Orion spacecraft to and from its lunar orbit as part of the Artemis missions, featuring a web assembly of carbon fiber sheets and deployable CFRP rigid panels.
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