Qualification of new materials and processes is a crucial element to achieve the high safety level in the aerospace industry. Airborne Composites in Spain has become a specialist in the manufacturing and testing of test specimens and structural parts. The quality standard of working should be equal to the quality of the aerospace factories, and our facility has been extensively audited. We are currently Tier 1 to Airbus in Toulouse and Tier 2 to Airbus in Madrid, helping them not only with the qualification but also with developing and improving the newly developed production processes.

This programme is a set of projects, in which we produce a broad range of test specimens:

• Repair samples (wet lay-up and repair prepregs, resin and adhesive bonded repairs)
• Tensile stepped / tapered joints test samples
• Single and double lap shear samples
• Fracture toughness (bonded joints) samples
• Flat wise tensile and sandwich flexure specimen
• Honeycomb core closing samples
• Skin restoration samples (structural repairs)
• Application of resin blocks around structural panels and stringer samples
•  Stiffened panels with the following skin – stringer assembly techniques:
  • Co-bonding
  • Soft on hard
  • Hard on soft
  • Co-curing

All test specimens are evaluated by ultrasonic inspection (A, B, or C-scan), before they are send to the client.

For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Managing Director of Airborne Composites Spain.