US defence technology company Edo is pressure-testing a prototype composite engine-inlet duct. The duct was manufactured using vacuum-assisted resin transfer moulding (CRTM) and a braiding process ...

Aircraft engine inlet ducts provide the engine compressor with a constant supply of air to prevent the compressor from stalling. Since the inlet is directly exposed to the impacting airflow, it must ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman contracted Turkish Aerospace Industries to produce composite air inlet ducts for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. The five-year, $28.4 ...

Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI) - a major international F-35 Lightning II supplier to Northrop Grumman Corporation - has delivered its first production air inlet duct for the jet. The ...

Earlier this year, we reported that additive manufacturing provider CRP Technology (part of CRP Group Modena, Italy) had launched Windform RL, the first thermoplastic elastomer material within the ...

Hexcel Corporation, a global leader in advanced composites technology, announced a strategic collaboration with A&P Technology to work with the AFRL-funded Modeling for Affordable, Sustainable ...

To test the GE9X turbofan jet engine, GE Aviation reportedly invested about $10 million at the Peebles (Ohio) Testing Operation, including the design and fabrication of the 18-ft-diameter, 12-ft-high, ...

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nexcelle's role in the creation of next-generation integrated propulsion systems (IPS) has marked important milestones as hardware manufacturing is now underway for the ...

A carbon composite inner skin for the LEAP-1C engine’s O-Duct is formed via a specialty molding process, used for the first time in the program to build aero-structures for the CFM International ...

The aerodynamic performance of inlet ducts in turbofan engines remains a pivotal research area, as it directly influences overall engine efficiency, noise levels, and operational safety. Inlet ducts ...