Very Light Jets Creating A Demand For Composites
Established OEMs Cessna (Wichita, Kan.) and Embraer (Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil) will field aircraft with traditional aluminum-intensive designs, using composites for key secondary structures, while startups Eclipse Aviation (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Avocet Aircraft LLC (Wilton, Conn., in partnership with Israel Aircraft Industries [IAI]) have chosen all-metal designs.
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