The process is said to reduce the number of parts by at least a factor of 100, replacing riveted machine parts with organic structures.

German arms maker Rheinmetall has completed a factory that will make a central fuselage section of the F-35 stealth combat aircraft, with production set to start within days, chief executive Armin ...

This was the Boeing 747SP, a rare moment in airliner history when a manufacturer decided that the route to more range was fewer airplanes. Only 45 were built, but the Special Performance jumbo pushed ...

Saab’s additively manufactured aircraft fuselage has successfully passed its structural proof-loading and is scheduled to fly ...

That's because the ideal aircraft fuselage should be a seamless cylinder. Putting in windows violates the structural integrity of the hull, producing weak spots where stresses can concentrate. They ...

PARIS, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Airbus (AIR.PA), opens new tab engineers have found defects on a wider set of A320 fuselage panels as they prepare to inspect hundreds of jets for a flaw that the company's ...

A research team at Drexel University's College of Engineering, led by Professors Ahmad R. Najafi, Jonathan Awerbuch, and Tein-Min Tan of mechanical engineering and mechanics, has developed a new way ...