It specialises in manufacturing lightweight carbon composite components, such as engine casings.

Honeycomb structures began to replace milled structures, and the first composite components began to appear on components subjected to little stress.

The modified airframe with composite components can fly for 30 minutes at 110 km/h.

Novel test and inspection techniques have also had to be developed, as the failure modes and symptoms of composite components tend to be very different from those made of metal.