NASA Seeks Composite Breakthroughs For Next Single-Aisle

HAECO composite airframe plant
Credit: HAECO
A new NASA research project seeks a dramatic 400-600% improvement in manufacturing rates for composite airframe structures for the next U.S.-built single-aisle commercial aircraft. The Hi-Rate Composites Aircraft Manufacturing (HiCAM) project is being pursued by Advanced Composites Consortium (ACC)...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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