Reports from the Farnborough Airshow in England indicate that Boeing is committed to using more composite materials in the future to make lighter planes and consume less fuel. All Headline News quotes Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Alan Mulally as saying all future planes will be made out of composites because the material is lighter and resists fatigue and corrosion. He told AHN Boeing plans to use 50 percent composites materials in all of its future models. In a news release issued at the time of the airshow, Boeing said the company and its partners will begin testing of a full-scale 787 Dreamliner composite wing box in August as part of the certification process of the all-new jetliner. The test piece measures approximately 17 feet front spar to rear spar and 50 feet from airplane centerline to the tip of the composite structure. It is 4 feet deep at the thickest section. Weighing 55,000 pounds, including a great deal of test-only hardware and instrumentation, the composite wing box was designed and built by a team of Boeing, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Fuji Heavy Industries. A report on Aero-News.net says all-new designs in the future are expected to incorporate composite technology developed for the Dreamliner.