Airbus has completed structural assembly of the first flying A350-900 prototype’s initial wing box at its Broughton plant in the UK. Airbus has completed structural assembly of the first flying ...

Boeing has completed destructive testing on the 787's all-composite wing box, a process which is part of the aircraft's certification programme. Manufactured by Boeing's Japanese partners, the wing ...

Australian company AMSL Aero is preparing to start flight tests on what it claims will be the world's most efficient eVTOL design, and one of the most affordable. This box-wing beauty, the Vertiia, ...

The first four of seven composite layup molds for the Airbus A380 wing center section skin were recently shipped to Airbus-Nantes in France from UCAR Composites in Irvine, Calif. The A380 will have ...

For additional margin, shorter pi joint segments were installed under the upper wing skins as well, where the wing dihedral transitions to a level dog-bone-shaped laminate that bridges across the ...

Boeing said it had resolved issues on a center wing box for the 787, two days after the Dreamliner’s biggest customer said the jet may be delayed for a third time. “It is a normal part of the ...

The Airbus C295 Flight Test Bed 2 (FTB#2) successfully performed its flight campaign, testing a new semi-morphing wing, as well as on-ground structural tests of a novel composite outer wing box.

The first Airbus A319 wing box with a 'Made in China' tag has been delivered to Airbus by a Chinese company, signaling a major step in the communist giant's aircraft building prowess. With a dimension ...