THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE HI-RATE COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING (HICAM) PROJECT IS TO DEMONSTRATE MANUFACTURING APPROACHES AND ASSOCIATED TECHNOLOGIES FOR LARGE COMPOSITE AIRFRAME STRUCTURES THAT ENABLES A 4-6X PRODUCTION RATE INCREASE WITHOUT COST OR WEIGHT PENALTY TO MEET THE DEMAND OF NEXT GENERATION SINGLE AISLE COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT. THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP MATURE AFFORDABLE HIGH-