Building on more than 85 years of history, and employing around 600 people, Hamble Aerostructures is a leading supplier of major civil and military aircraft structures in hi-tech composites, metallics, acrylics and hybrid structures. The facility is equipped to handle large components and complex structures, including the wing fixed trailing-edge (WFTE) for the Airbus A350 XWB. The WFTE involves over 3,000 deliverable components and requires the integration of metallic and composite wing-based systems as well as provisions for moving structures (flaps, ailerons and spoilers). Hamble Aerostructures also provides the cockpit windscreen and canopy systems for the BAE Systems Hawk and T-45 Goshawk trainer aircraft, among other elements. Hamble Aerostructures retains Customer Delegated Design Authority (CDDA) for major programs, allowing the company to execute component design modifications and upgrades. Hamble Aerostructures is an active participant in Clean Sky 2, the largest European aeronautical R&D initiative.