Rollout of Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft
The Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft is rolled out of a hangar in May 2009 at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works, U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif. The ACCA is a modified Dornier 328J aircraft. The fuselage aft of the crew station and the vertical tail were removed and replaced with completely new structural designs made of advanced composite materials fabricated using out-of-autoclave curing. Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio oversees the ACCA program. (Lockheed Martin photo)