The 9 countries supplying major structural components for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner assembly line

The Boeing 787 is assembled in the US, but its parts come from nine countries. Here is what each one builds.

The Airbus A350 assembly process that requires the wing to travel through four countries before the aircraft ever reaches a customer

The journey starts in the UK and ends in Toulouse, France.
Nature

Riveting Processes in Aircraft Structural Engineering

Riveting remains a cornerstone of aircraft structural assembly, providing a robust and reliable means of joining sheet-metal components in fuselage skins, wing panels and internal frames. The process ...
Aviation Week

A350 aft fuselage for first-flight aircraft complete structural assembly

A350 XWB aft fuselage (for MSN1) assembled in Hamburg. Photo by H. Jansen, courtesy, Airbus Airbus has completed structural assembly of the first A350 XWB aft fuselage of aircraft MSN1, which will be ...
Tech Xplore

NASA pushes new wing design to find structural limits

NASA researchers recently put a new wing design, long and thin with a lightweight structure, through a series of grueling ...
Aviation Week

Structural Integrity Factors Can Cause Premature Failure, Part 3

The turbulent air above a wildfire is punishing to aircraft structures. The excessive and frequent loads place an inordinate number of loading cycles on an aircraft, leading to accelerated crack ...