Materials applied to Mirage 2000

Multi spar metal wing Elevons have carbon-fiber skins with AG5 light alloy honeycomb cores Carbon-fiber / light alloy honeycomb panel covers avionic bay Most of the tail fin and all of the rudder are skinned with boron/epoxy/carbon The rudder has a light alloy honeycomb core Composite materials about 7 % of the mass

The composites on the Mirage 2000

Materials applied to Rafale

Metallic materials are primarily used to make the internal parts of the structure (frames, stringers, fittings and connecting elements) Rafale is characterized by the massive introduction of new materials technologies: composite materials whose proportion is about 24 % of the mass and 70 % of the surface area, the stealth technology, titanium structures SPFDB (super-plastic forming and diffusion bonding) and aluminum structures SPF (superplastic forming) For composite materials, two families are used, the thermoplastic composite PEEK resin and carbon fiber and thermosetting matrix composites epoxy resin and carbon fiber

Materials applied to F-15

F-15E airframe materials