A350 XWB aft fuselage (for MSN1) assembled in Hamburg. Photo by H. Jansen, courtesy, Airbus Airbus has completed structural assembly of the first A350 XWB aft fuselage of aircraft MSN1, which will be ...

Project Sunrise has been pushed back to 2027, which has many industry observers worried, but is it actually time to panic?

Austria’s first Embraer C-390 tactical transport has entered the structural assembly process at the Brazilian airframer’s Gaviao Peixoto production facility. “We’re thrilled to start production… and ...

The turbulent air above a wildfire is punishing to aircraft structures. The excessive and frequent loads place an inordinate number of loading cycles on an aircraft, leading to accelerated crack ...

Aircraft flat-tail is a discrete manufacturing process for complex aviation products. Its assembly process involves multiple assembly frames, multiple components, and mixed-flow assembly of various ...