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Graphene Flagship Showcasing Graphene-enhanced Plane Leading Edge at JEC World 2020

The leading edge is the first part of a plane that makes contact with the air.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

European Commission funded research project, the Graphene Flagship will showcase the graphene-enhanced plane leading edge at JEC World 2020. The leading edge is the first part of a plane that makes contact with the air. Graphene is used for the Airbus A350 horizontal tail leading edge, manufactured by Graphene Flagship partners Airbus, Aernnova and Grupo Antolin-Ingenieria. In collaboration, they added graphene to resin matrices in the aerospace sector and used the improved material to form t...

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