US defence technology company Edo is pressure-testing a prototype composite engine-inlet duct. The duct was manufactured using vacuum-assisted resin transfer moulding (CRTM) and a braiding process ...

Included in the test was a novel energy absorbing sub-floor beam designed and manufactured under the CRC-ACS research program. Within CRC-ACS Project 2.1 – Systems for Crashworthiness, design tools ...

Flight tests of the KC630 light-single should resume by the end of the year after New Zealand-based Composite Helicopters integrates design changes adopted following a non-fatal crash of a prototype ...

Composite materials are widely used in the E20 airframe. In order to ensure structural reliability, the composite materials structure and the design strength were verified through full-scale tests.

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. (Stratford, Conn., USA), a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., reported on April 10 that it has successfully completed an initial series of tests required by the Naval Air ...