The fifth-generation F-35B fighter is a multi-role machine designed to operate from short-field austere bases and a range of aircraft carriers thanks to its short take-off and vertical landing ...

DAVIDSON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) today announced the successful verification of the Curtiss-Wright Laser Peening process on the airframe components of the ...

Aug. 21 (UPI) --BAE Systems was awarded a $74.9 million contract to improve the electronic warfare capabilities of F-35 fighter planes, the Defense Department said. The company's Information and ...

Fighter Jet laser weapons are on the fast track, expected to bring new air attack options to “burn holes” through enemy targets at the speed of light. Not only are laser weapons fast, precise and low ...

Laser-peened fan blades are enabling aircraft to fly for longer periods between engine maintenance. Oliver Graydon reports on the commercialization of the technique. From Opto & Laser Europe May 2004.

Fleet Readiness Center East at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point is set to become one of only two sites in the world to use laser technology to strengthen aircraft structural components. The ...

Rolls-Royce has extended its use of laser peening technology in the manufacture of its jet engines, with the addition of a new production cell at its site in Singapore. Curtiss-Wright Corporation, the ...

Areva completed production validation testing of its first-of-a-kind cavitation peening process on an operating nuclear reactor vessel closure head (RVCH). The milestone included completing full-scale ...

Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems Inc. (MNES) was awarded contracts to provide its water jet peening (WJP) service at two nuclear power plants. The contracts are for work at the Wolf Creek Generating ...

Can small shops succeed with advanced machine tools and software? If so, how do they do it? Read on to learn the strategies that have helped Midway Swiss Turn, our 2025 Top Shops Honoree in Shopfloor ...