According to project leader Denis Soula, Airbus was assisted in the wing box project – which already has demonstrated its feasibility – by STRUCTIL and JAMCO, developers of preform production technology; and carbon fiber lay-up specialist CORIOLIS.
The next objective is to prepare the single-piece composite center wing box for industrialization using a full-scale demonstrator, with the goal of readying it for use on next-generation aircraft. Airbus believe the project “holds great promise for future aircraft.”
