WASHINGTON — The front-line fighter jet of the Navy and Marines has suffered a series of recent accidents blamed on brake failure, exposing a problem that has spurred urgent warnings from commanders, ...

The USS Harry S. Truman has had a rough 2025. It lost not one but three F/A-18 Super Hornets — including the one that rolled ...

A faulty fan unit likely contributed to a brake fire and a “huge screen of smoke” that trailed a Frontier Airlines-operated Airbus A321 upon landing in Las Vegas earlier this month. That is according ...

A Qantas flight was forced to make an emergency landing after it lost the use of its brakes. QF1908 from Canberra to Brisbane was due to depart at 5:25 pm but it was delayed. Shortly after taking off, ...

Aircraft braking is a highly specialized system. After all, it is designed to stop enormous momentum safely and efficiently. Unlike car brakes, aircraft brakes must handle extreme forces during ...

An Airbus Helicopters H175 parked on an oil platform had four main rotor blades snapped off in strong winds after a malfunctioning rotor brake left the crew unable to tie down the still-rotating ...

On March 18, 2016, what began as a routine carrier landing aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower turned into a near-catastrophe. A U.S. Navy E-2 Hawkeye surveillance aircraft touched down as usual, its ...

This blog is a compilation of publicly available information on Safran Group’s (Paris, France) production of carbon fiber-reinforced carbon (carbon/carbon) brake discs for aircraft. The company ...

Safran says its SepcarbIII OR carbon brakes have a service life three times longer than steel brakes with three times more energy absorption capacity. Credit: Safran Landing Systems Few other airframe ...

Aircraft brakes are consumable components that affect the safety of aircraft landing. Very few Chinese companies produce aircraft carbon brakes as its complicated manufacturing processes, demanding ...