GKN Aerospace Begins Delivery of "Hand-Layed" Ship Sets for Airbus A400M

GKN Aerospace has delivered the first of six "hand-layed" ship sets of composite wing spars for the Airbus A400M military transport aircraft. The composite spar sets are being sent to the Airbus U.K. site at Broughton. After the first six sets, GKN will shift to an automated manufacturing process...

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