By Eugene Khokhlov

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    Boeing is now establishing a Russian joint venture (JV), which is supposed to be focused on production of titanium items. For more than a decade VSMPO-AVISMA, a Russian partner of Boeing, has been supplying titanium for this giant of the American aircraft building industry. However, this time it deals with a deeper cooperation relating to the project of a super-efficient Boeing-787 Dreamliner.
    As it is well known to minimize weight of the American Dreamliner it is supposed to widely use composite materials. However, the problem is that the composite materials are poorly compatible with aluminum, the key aircraft structural material, and, when brought in contact with aluminum parts,...

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