Until now, pyroshock tests to
ensure aerospace parts were ready for the rigors of flight had used explosives encased in lead to provide the impacts to parts needed for such experiments, mechanical engineer Mark Pilcher said.
«It's critical for our business to
ensure that the wings that we build in Broughton and in Filton [in the U.K.] can get to France and Germany for the final assembly line,» says Katherine Bennett, the
aerospace firm's senior vice president for the U.K. «It's really important that the
parts don't get held up in warehouses.