Archive for the 'Composite' Category

Vought Successfully Delivers Aft Fuselage for Boeing 787 Dreamliner (Centre Daily Times)

Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. successfully delivered its fifth composite aft fuselage section for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner on April 13.
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Vought Successfully Delivers Aft Fuselage for Boeing 787 Dreamliner (Centre Daily Times)

Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. successfully delivered its fifth composite aft fuselage section for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner on April 13.
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Boeing delays 787 Dreamliner for third time (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Boeing Co delayed its 787 Dreamliner for the third time on Wednesday, pushing the program about 15 months behind schedule, as it makes slow progress on assembling the revolutionary carbon-composite plane and continues to grapple with underperforming suppliers.
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Boeing Throws In The Towel On 787 (The Aero-News Network)

Now Offering Customers GREAT Deals On 767-500 ‘Miserliner’ ANN APRIL 1st ‘SPECIAL EDITION’: “Enough!” That was the word from The Boeing Company on Tuesday, as the American planemaker shocked the aviation community with its decision to discontinue further development on the delay-plagued, composite-bodied 787 Dreamliner.
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ANA adopts JustSystems’s dynamic docs for Boeing 787 Dreamliners (Computer Business Review)

JustSystems, the independent software vendor in Japan, has announced that All Nippon Airways has adopted its dynamic document vision and the xfy document-centric composite application platform as the foundation of its new system for creating, editing, and managing aircraft rulebooks and operation manuals.
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ANA Selects JustSystems’ Dynamic Docs for Boeing 787 Dreamliners (SYS-CON Media)

JustSystems announced that All Nippon Airways (’ANA’) has adopted JustSystems’ dynamic document vision and the xfy document-centric composite application platform as the foundation of its new system for creating, editing, and managing aircraft rulebooks and operation manuals.
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ANA Selects JustSystems’ Dynamic Docs for Boeing 787 Dreamliners (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance)

JustSystems, Inc., the largest independent software vendor in Japan and a worldwide leader in XML and information management technologies, today announced that All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (”ANA”) has adopted JustSystems’ dynamic document vision and the xfy document-centric composite application platform as the foundation of its new system for creating, editing, and managing aircraft rulebooks […]

787 fuselages clear stress tests (Everett Herald)

EVERETT — The Boeing Co. successfully has finished testing the durability of its 787’s composite fuselage. It’s an important step as Boeing works toward obtaining regulatory approval on the new Dreamliner.
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BOEING 787 DREAMLINER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES FUSELAGE BARREL TEST (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 29 (Bernama) — The composite technology, design and construction of the 787 was proven during a series of testing scenarios conducted beginning in late 2007 and concluding this week.
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Boeing completes 787 fuselage barrel test (Everett Herald)

The Boeing Co. successfully has finished testing the durability of its 787’s composite fuselage. It’s an important step as Boeing works obtaining FAA certification on the new Dreamliner.
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