One of the primary achievements of the 787 Dreamliner design is its monocoque fuselage, which has internally integrated ...

Saab has announced its construction of an aircraft fuselage using digital manufacturing techniques for the first time with the help of the California-based Divergent Technologies. In a press briefing ...

Airframer Boeing has started assembling the inaugural example of the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) new airborne early warning and control jet. A 737-700 fuselage produced by Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, ...

Saab has shipped its first aft fuselage section for an engineering and manufacturing development (EMD)-phase example of the US Air Force’s Boeing T-7A Red Hawk advanced jet trainer. Produced at Saab’s ...

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Robot-based continuous ultrasonic welding will be used to integrate the stringers on the upper half of the MFFD. Photo Credit: German Aerospace Center (DLR) Reduced fuel emissions and energy ...

A research team at Drexel University's College of Engineering, led by Professors Ahmad R. Najafi, Jonathan Awerbuch, and Tein-Min Tan of mechanical engineering and mechanics, has developed a new way ...

The concept of blended-wing aircraft – where fuselage and wing are all one structure – is not new. But this radical design might soon be a credible concept for airliners. In March 2025, a small ...

An international consortium led by Airbus is researching production technologies for the thermoplastic fuselage of tomorrow. In the “Large Passenger Aircraft” (LPA) framework program within the MFFD ...