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Here are some images showcasing activities related to NASA's Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HiCAM) project. The project addresses an aviation industry need for more rapid production of composite aircraft to meet increasing global demand for lightweight transport aircraft.

Composites Consortium team members gathered during May 2024 at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia for a technical review of...
A large group of composite researchers assembled in a courtyard looking up at the photographer.
The NASA and Electroimpact team: Back row from left: Roberto Cano and Wilfredo Flores, both from NASA. Standing from left:...
Group photo of the Electroimpact team.
Improvement in efficiency comes in the way the 787 is designed and built. New technologies and processes achieve unprecedented levels...
The forward section of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner is shown under construction inside a composite fabrication tool.
An automated fiber placement machine builds a composite aircraft fuselage for a Boeing787 Dreamliner. The machine is operated by Spirit...
An automated fiber placement machine builds a composite aircraft fuselage.
A researcher uses a magnifying glass to check a composite structure for manufacturing defects, such as gaps, overlaps, or wrinkles....
A researcher wearing clean room gear, uses a magnifying glass to check a composite structure.
Carbon fiber, a widely used composite, starts out on spools like the ones in this image before it is fabricated...
Close up image of spools of carbon fiber composite material are used for aircraft wing production.
Members of NASA’s Advanced Composites Consortium, including representatives from NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing, Spirit Aerosystems, Collins Aerospace, Northrop...
A group of people pose in fronts of two large Boeing airliners under construction behind them.
State of the art thermoplastic composite material is used in innovative part fabrication and assembly processes to achieve an unprecedented...
Close up image of a roll of thermoplastic composite material.