A frequently cited statistic for Boeing's newest clean-sheet aircraft, the 787 Dreamliner, is that it is composed of 50% ...

As Boeing works to improve quality, it's in talks to buy one of its key suppliers. NPR spoke to workers at the Spirit AeroSystems factory in... Inside the factory where a key Boeing supplier builds ...

Boeing Co. said it’s seeing a sharp drop in defects on 737 Max fuselages arriving from supplier Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. and an uptick in the pace at which the cashcow planes move through its ...

As part of the EU-funded Clean Sky 2/Clean Aviation project “Large Passenger Aircraft” (“LPA”), the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in Stade, Germany, together with international project partners, has joined ...

Boeing is confident that it will recover within months from the recent 737 manufacturing process snag affecting aft fuselage sections, having understood the situation and the rework required. Chief ...

The fuselage of a drone serves as its structural core, housing critical components such as batteries, sensors, and control systems, while providing attachment points for wings, motors, and landing ...

Considering that theBoeing 787 was the first airliner to have an airframe primarily made from composite materials, and has been in service since 2011, it may puzzle readers to learn that the much ...

With the production rate for the fighter jets due to rise during the 2020s, Rheinmetall will open a new plant by 2025 to manufacture fuselage sections at a rate of 400 per year. Rheinmetall AG will ...

The fuselage of the jetliner involved in a collision on a Tokyo runway was made from carbon-composite fibers, and the incident is renewing concern about the challenges of putting out fires involving ...