SMS standard developed by multiple players to improve global safety performance. A diverse group of aviation associations, companies and regulatory authorities collaborated to develop a new Safety Management System (SMS)...
Aerospace Materials
RUAG Australia is collaborating on a two-year project to investigate laser metal deposition’s uses for component repair and manufacturing. RUAG Australia, a subsidiary of RUAG Aviation, is in the midst of...
Stratasys is hoping to make qualification of 3D printed parts for aerospace easier and more cost-effective with a new public domain database to help manufacturers prove out equivalency and regulatory compliance. Designed...
Fuel tank inerting cuts ignition risk, a legacy of TWA Flight 800. It is now more than 20 years since the third-deadliest accident in U.S. aviation history, the explosion of...
There is much more to come in additive manufacturing for aerospace as 3D metal parts proliferate. Three-D printing, or additive manufacturing, of polymer parts for aircraft interiors is decades old....
Lufthansa Technik, Air New Zealand and Boeing all make bigger moves in additive manufacturing as they seek efficiencies. Additive manufacturing has moved beyond an experimental emerging technology toward industrialization. And...
Investigating how new composite repair technologies will help MRO providers. Carbon fiber has a long history in commercial aircraft manufacturing, but its first large-scale application was on the Boeing 787,...
Owner-operator-produced parts are almost a DIY approach for airlines to get quality parts faster and cheaper. As airlines grapple with parts availability and costs, some are taking remedial action through...
Water contamination can severely impact a jet oil’s ability to protect an engine or engine accessory. Ed Barnes, a field engineer for ExxonMobil Aviation lubricants, provides insight into how airline...
The aircraft manufacturing giant recently partnered with ELG Carbon Fibre to target the recycling of excess aerospace-grade composite material. Excessive plastic consumption is one of the greatest environmental problems of...