Joby Aviation has begun making aircraft propeller blades at its plant near Dayton International Airport, a step toward what the company says is its goal of expanding in-house manufacturing, producing ...

Collins Aerospace says the eight-blade NP2000 composite propellers on the Lockheed Martin C-130H enable more traction for a given propeller diameter. Credit: Collins Aerospace Propeller manufacturers ...

As part of Digital Propulsion (DigiProp), the National Composites Centre (NCC) has designed and manufactured a full-scale prototype of a propeller blade and its manufacturing system for turboprop ...

Germany’s MT-Propeller is testing the first 11-blade propeller, which the company believes could enable future aircraft designs to approach jet speeds with turboprop or electrified propulsion. The ...

CompositesWorld Senior Editor Ginger Gardiner recently paid a visit to Dowty Propellers in Gloucester, U.K. You can read about what she found there in her report, “Plant tour: Dowty Propellers, ...

The company aims to produce up to 15,000 blades annually, as part of its plan to make Dayton its blade production hub. “Dayton gives us the resources, talent, and speed to scale one of the most ...

WHEN A MODIFIED MD-80 airliner flew at the 1988 Farnborough air show in Britain, it was supposed to represent the future of air travel. One of its rear-mounted jet engines had been replaced with an ...

Joby Aviation is known for developing electric air taxis for commercial service and soon it will begin preparing propeller blades at its Dayton facility. “Dayton gives us the resources, talent, and ...

R&D Center Provides New Jobs in the Future. Hartzell Propeller currently employs 350+ people at their headquarters in Piqua, Ohio and commits to creating new jobs in the area. Adv ...

House lawmakers are looking to bar the Air Force from ditching any of its nearly 300 C-130 Hercules airlift planes as part of fiscal 2022 defense policy bill released July 27. The House Armed Services ...