An aircraft engine fully made of aluminum has ... a thin layer of aluminum oxide characterized by high hardness to aluminum parts. As a result, the new engine has become 50 kg lighter than its ...

MILAN (Reuters) – Investigators have found that two Italian sub-contractors used cheaper and non-compliant forms of titanium and aluminium ... some titanium parts for its plane, supplied by ...

Investigators found a total of 4,829 non-compliant titanium components and 1,158 aluminum parts. According to prosecutors ...