First TMC Aircraft Part To Help Power F-22

The first titanium matrix composite (TMC) aircraft component is expected to fly in the No. 5 F-22 test aircraft, according to officials of the consortium that is developing the high-temperature, high-strength materials. That aircraft will use a TMC piston in the divergent nozzle actuator for one of...

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