As aerospace ramps up its use of advanced composites, robots and automated manufacturing systems will assume ever larger roles in building and machining these challenging materials.
Safety critical aerospace manufacturing applications demand secure threads that won’t loosen.
Two NASA engineers discuss how new metal alloys will aid advanced propulsion concepts.
The design and production of electric vertical-take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft may be aided by advancements in technology.
Digitalization presents both challenges and opportunities for the aerospace and defense manufacturing industry.
The upcoming debut of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on the Artemis I mission will mark a return to flight for four main engines that already have a remarkable history of their own.
A look at Bell’s Manufacturing Technology Center, also known as the MTC, a digitally-connected proving ground for new manufacturing technologies.
Improved additive manufacturing (AM) processes used for tooling and sandcasting molds and cores are shortening design and manufacturing lead times from months to weeks.
Not having control over the creation of most piece parts and sub-assemblies, or the ability to alter the design freely, can severely impact the speed at which optimization can occur.
Decarbonizing aviation will require a vast, collective effort to develop and mature a range of capabilities and technologies. Given the urgency, incrementalism won’t cut it.
