The jet's wing flex allows the aircraft to withstand challenging outside conditions while limiting disturbance for passengers ...

A composite wing giant is born. With the decision to build the carbon fiber wings for the 777X in Everett, Wash., Boeing is joining a short list of big composite wing manufacturers and establishing ...

Part of project Orcelle Horizon, the composites-intensive, 560-square-meter structure will undergo ground-based testing ...

As an emerging field that is supported by the country, the LX-1 drone is tasked with exploring new logistics routes. Faced ...

The Dreamliner is the world’s first airliner built primarily from carbon fiber composites, offering unmatched fuel efficiency ...

That efficiency largely comes from the wings that will be fabricated from a super light and strong carbon fiber composite material. At a groundbreaking ceremony, Boeing chief executive officer Ray ...

The B-2 Spirit is approximately 80% composite, mostly carbon fiber. Some of the structural framework internal to the B-2, especially where the wing blends into the fuselage and the largest fuel ...

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed an innovative new ...

Think of these machines as 30-foot-tall, 3-D printers, each costing tens of millions of ...

The fuselage and wings of the crashed Japan Airlines Airbus A350 were made using a carbon-composite material that's likely to receive renewed attention in the aftermath of Tuesday's fiery accident.

Get rid of composite wings and diffusers; they do not add anything to safety. ... The basic woven-resin composite recipe established by carbon fiber has given way to innovations with other threads.

Boeing built the first commercial plane with a fuselage and wings made from composites reinforced with carbon fibers, the 787. The plane went into airline service in 2011, and about 1,100 have ...