Team develop modular, fully automated assembly system concept to replace metals and time-consuming assembly that shows ...

Full-scale wing box project achieves TRL 5 with 2% weight reduction and 4% reduction in recurring production costs.

By replacing traditional assembly lines with robotic swarms ... This means entire aircraft structures can be built in place, either upright or flat, reducing the need for large manufacturing ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) — which has been known to fund the development of sci-fi-sounding ideas like flying aircraft carriers or massive streetlights on the Moon ...