Research into Materials Aspects of Aircraft Maintenance and Life Extension — Part 3

Abstract

Bonded composite repair technology was pioneered at ARL and has been successfully used to repair a wide range of military and civilian aircraft. The technique has proved to be very cost effective and has been shown to increase the availability of aircraft by significantly reducing the repair time. ARL has undertaken collaborative work with a number of airline operators, the CAA and FAA and with Boeing to demonstrate the advantage of the technology when compared to conventional repair methods. The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) has signed a licence agreement with an Australian company. Helitech P/L, to exploit this technology on a world‐wide basis.