Laser-peened fan blades are enabling aircraft to fly for longer periods between engine maintenance. Oliver Graydon reports on the commercialization of the technique. From Opto & Laser Europe May 2004.

DUBLIN, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LSP Technologies, Inc. has won a multi-year contract to supply laser peening systems to Airbus, a leading aircraft manufacturer. Substantial equipment innovation and ...

With newly gained performance and efficiency, laser peening could change how metal structures are designed and manufactured, says Dave Francis, executive vice president, Metal Improvement Co., Paramus ...

Aug. 21 (UPI) --BAE Systems was awarded a $74.9 million contract to improve the electronic warfare capabilities of F-35 fighter planes, the Defense Department said. The company's Information and ...

The fifth-generation F-35B fighter is a multi-role machine designed to operate from short-field austere bases and a range of aircraft carriers thanks to its short take-off and vertical landing ...

Laser shock peening is a surface treatment process for increasing the strength and reliability of metal components. Traditionally applied to aircraft parts, the technology also shows great potential ...

Most people don't realize it, but the airplane they may fly on may be stronger and safer, thanks to a pair of former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers who developed and commercialized ...

Rolls-Royce has extended its use of laser peening technology in the manufacture of its jet engines, with the addition of a new production cell at its site in Singapore. Curtiss-Wright Corporation, the ...

DAVIDSON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) today announced the successful verification of the Curtiss-Wright Laser Peening process on the airframe components of the ...

For the first time, a portable laser shock peening system has been developed for and demonstrated in a shipyard environment and on board a U.S. Navy warship to combat aluminum cracking. On June 24, ...