NASA Hosts 2026 Review on Advanced Composite Manufacturing

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• 2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Boeing assembles a composite aircraft fuselage section in one of its production facilities.
• Composite materials are used in major portions of modern aircraft, including sections of the fuselage and wings on aircraft such as the Boeing 787. NASA’s HiCAM project aims to help accelerate manufacturing processes for future composite aircraft.
• Boeing NASA’s Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HiCAM) project brought together its full team of Advanced Composites Consortium partners for a 2026 spring review at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.
• The meeting took place May 5-7, bringing together about 150 people from the consortium, a 22-member public-private partnership.
• The review gave NASA and industry partners a chance to look at recent progress and plan for the work ahead.