Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab has announced what it calls the world’s first software-defined aircraft fuselage, developed in collaboration with Divergent Technologies.

Lilium, a German eVTOL manufacturer, commenced assembly of the first fuselage for its seven-seater Lilium Jet, a key step toward obtaining EASA type certification by late 2025 and commencing ...

The problems at Spirit AeroSystems that have led to a shortfall of fuselages arriving at Boeing’s 737 assembly plant in Renton go far beyond delays in receiving parts from subcontractors, according to ...

A seemingly simple question about fuselage length reveals deeper truths about these two modern widebody aircraft.

Those choices completely changed the way the aircraft performed. With full-sized jumbo thrust pushing a much lighter airframe ...

German arms maker Rheinmetall has completed a factory that will make a central fuselage section of the F-35 stealth combat aircraft, with production set to start within days, chief executive Armin ...

In the Charleston incident, a hole opened in the plane near the tail This is the third FAA response to the 2009 Southwest emergency landing Holes in the fuselage can cause cabins to dangerously lose ...

PHOENIX – Southwest Airlines said it is working with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to determine the cause of a depressurization event that occurred during a Phoenix-Sacramento flight ...

Stelia Aerospace believes 3D printing has the potential to go large when it comes to aircraft construction. The French-based company has unveiled the first printed self-reinforcing fuselage panel in ...

Spirit AeroSystems’ latest Boeing 737 Max production agreement for 2020 covers barely a third of the fuselages it delivered in 2018, and appears to put Boeing at least four years behind its ramp-up ...

Airbus transported its last A380 fuselage through Levignac, France, via truck convoy en route to the final assembly line in Toulouse on Wednesday. The A380 product line is being shuttered as no more ...

Industry experts believed they knew where to look for crack-inducing metal fatigue on aging airplanes, but the in-flight rupture of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 on Friday has raised concerns about ...