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Leonardo and Kangde plan JV

Italian aerospace giant Leonardo and China’s Kangde Group are considering establishing the joint production of composite parts.

29th November 2018

Innovation in Textiles
 |  Italy

Transport/​Aerospace

The parts will be supplied for the needs of the CRAIC CR929, the long-haul wide-body civil aircraft programme which is a joint venture between China’s Comac and Russian United Aircraft Corporation (UAC). This is aiming to challenge the Airbus and Boeing duopoly in the coming years.

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