Airborne has a strong background in engineering and manufacturing composite components for aeronautic applications, with involvement in programmes such as the Airbus A380 and A350, the Joint Strike Fighter, Boeing 787, Sperwer UAV, Chinook helicopter and Gulfstream G650. With the available engineering, production and quality control capabilities, Airborne can offer integrated Design and Build programs for composite structural components.

For the G650 programma, Airborne has succesfully completed the design and qualification of the composite panels for the empennage. The carbon-epoxy sandwich panels are currently in production under a 7-year supply programme. We are a Tier-1 supplier to Airbus, both for Airbus Spain in Madrid and the Airbus headquarters in Toulouse. We help Airbus with the development and qualification of new production concepts and processes, for example for bonded repairs and hot-formed skin-stringer panels.

Airborne is strongly involved in international technology development programmes for future aircraft programmes, on topics such as fibre placement, thermoplastics and smart structures. We participate in two Clean Sky projects, being the Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft and Green RotorCraft projects. We are partner in the TAPAS project, a research programme between Dutch industry and Airbus. We work closely together with research institutes in the Netherlands (TU Delft, University of Twente, NLR) and in Spain (University of Girona, AMADE, INTA).

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