This blog is a compilation of publicly available information on Safran Group’s (Paris, France) production of carbon fiber-reinforced carbon (carbon/carbon) brake discs for aircraft. The company ...

The need to manage increased loads has driven the search for more durable yet lighter-weight structures for wheels and brakes. Credit: Collins Aerospace Aircraft brakes are becoming greener and ...

Product: Established in 1987, Kunz GmbH is a supplier of wheel and brake shop equipment based in Hahn am See, Germany, with a U.S. subsidiary called Kunz Corp. based in Suwanee, Georgia. The company ...

Aircraft brakes are consumable components that affect the safety of aircraft landing. Very few Chinese companies produce aircraft carbon brakes as its complicated manufacturing processes, demanding ...

Parker Hannifin provides wheels and brakes for military aircraft, including the CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter that Sikorsky is building for the US Marine Corps. (US Marine Corps/Cpl ...

BLOOMFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kaman Corporation (NYSE:KAMN) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Parker-Hannifin Corporation (“Parker”), under which Kaman will ...

B-52H Stratofortresses from the 2nd Bomb Wing line up on the runway as part of a readiness exercise at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Oct. 14, 2020. (U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Tessa B. Corrick) The ...

FAA certification requires punishing aircraft tests.