nacelle

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The agency’s chief executive, Doreen Harris, said she was generally pleased that the existing approach remained intact and predicted that the state would have blade and nacelle factories within a few years.

From New York Times

TECT, headquartered in Wichita, produces complex aerostructure components and assemblies used in flight controls, fuselages, interiors, doors, wings, landing gear, struts and nacelles, and cockpits.

From Seattle Times

The speakers were in the doors, down low, silvery little nacelles covered in a wire mesh grill.

From Washington Post

At that time, FAA said the engine coverings, called nacelles, could be vulnerable to lightning strikes.

From Washington Times

But some had questioned whether it could develop the nacelles quickly and cheaply enough.

From Reuters