Alcoa Pushes Aluminum For Next-Generation Single Aisles
Aluminum manufacturer Alcoa says advanced alloys and structural technologies would allow a next-generation single-aisle airliner to be lighter and cheaper, with lower fuel-burn, than carbon-fiber composite airframes. Launching a campaign to reestablish aluminum as the material of choice for aircraft...
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