The most notable developments in UAV airframe structures will be reductions in size (miniaturization) and the use of multifunctional materials. Even though many advances in materials, manufacturing, ...

Lockheed Martin has revealed the F-35 Lightning II will be the first mass-produced aircraft to integrate structural nanocomposites in non-load bearing airframe components. A thermoset epoxy reinforced ...

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The certification of an entire aircraft structure is extremely complex. There are different aspects an applicant for structural approval must consider to prove that the strength of that structure ...

Aerospace structures encompass the load-bearing frameworks, skins and mechanisms that give aircraft and spacecraft their form, stiffness and strength while meeting stringent mass, reliability and ...

Airbus is installing a large additive-manufacturing machine at a production site in France to 3-D-print titanium aircraft structural parts for its aircraft. The EBAM 110 electron-beam additive ...

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