U.S. Air Force personnel employ advanced technologies and their own innovations to keep craft in the skies

From a Mars rover’s heat shield and satellite prototypes to commercial jet engines, materials and processes undergo development at breakneck speed

An additive manufacturing technology undergoes tests and trials on numerous applications as it prepares for takeoff

Additive manufacturing allows a Tier I supplier the freedom to redesign ‘the whole system’

Aerospace supplier builds materials laboratory, partners with UConn

Rolls-Royce joins Purdue University in fostering aerospace research

Purdue University’s aerospace district research complex, established in September as part of the West Lafayette, Indiana, campus, won’t actually “be about bricks and mortar,” says Purdue Research Foundation President Dan Hasler. “It will be about the intellectual capital.”

Precision Castparts’ latest acquisitions reveal a widening materials strategy

Aerospace metals suppliers refine their scope of capabilities to match higher order rates for business and regional jets

In the aerospace market, demand for materials will increase but the threat of substitution remains a concern

In aircraft construction, composites are in, but don’t count metal out

Orders for aircraft will remain high, driven by replacement demand and increased global travel

A redefined airline industry is universally positive about future growth

The aerospace industry continues to rely on metals such as aluminum

Mars exploration vehicle concept nets award for Montgomery Design International

Timken supplies Apache Longbow helicopters with the gearboxes they need to fly critical missions

Both OEMs and their suppliers are working to overcome a difficult economy

NASA's space shuttles are designed to take cargo--both huge and tiny--into the final frontier

In its most recent launch, the space shuttle's external tank was practically seamless

NASA's newest space telescope brandishes beryllium to beam stellar photos back to earth