An advancement of silicone technology significant to the aircraft industry is the development of fast-cure, room-temperature-vulcanized (RTV) silicone adhesives with fuel-resistant properties.

Silicones used in adhesive and sealant applications can provide good bonding to substrates without the use of primers or surface modification techniques, such as corona, flame and plasma treatments; but some situations require the use of these additional components and/or processing steps to significantly boost adhesion to substrate surfaces.