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Workforce Development 1 Jul 2013

Beyond the battlefield: UAS technology 2012-2022

The next 10 years look promising for composite-intensive unmanned aircraft as technical and legal advances open access to civil airspace.

Aerospace 1 Jul 2013

2013 JEC Europe new product showcase

The JEC Europe 2013 trade show (March 12-14, at the Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles, Paris, France) was the venue for introductions of a large number of new composite materials, technologies and manufacturing processes. Here's the HPC editorial staff's compilation of what was on display.

Workforce Development 1 Jul 2013

SAMPE Long Beach 2013 review

The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering’s (SAMPE, Covina, Calif.) spring conference and exhibition is the organization’s largest event every year, and the 2013 edition, held May 6-9 in Long Beach, Calif., was no exception.

Design and Testing 1 Jul 2013

Thickness-tapered unidirectional composite specimens

Sometimes a testing concept is known for a long time but is never developed into an established test method.

Aerospace 30 Jun 2013

The future of aerial combat

Consultant Dale Brosius (also president of of Dayton, Ohio-based Quickstep Composites, the U.S. subsidiary of Australia-based Quickstep Technologies in Bankstown Airport, New South Wales) predicts that the future of aerial combat could belong to unmanned composite aircraft.

Aerospace 30 Jun 2013

The pleasures of plant tours

HPC editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan comments on how infrequently he is invited to tour the plant of a composites manufacturer yet how valuable it is, when he does, to get a glimpse of the culture and personality within those walls.

Aerospace 20 Jun 2013

With the A350 XWB in the air, is it too soon to start looking to the future?

What will be the role of composites in replacements for the A320 and 737?

Out of Autoclave 11 Jun 2013

SAMPE 2013 Long Beach new product showcase

The SAMPE 2013 trade show (May 6-9, in Long Beach, Calif.) was the venue for introductions of a large number of new composite materials, technologies and manufacturing processes. Here's the HPC editorial staff's compilation of what was on display.

Sheet Molding Compound 1 Jun 2013

Where is the automotive composites supply chain?

Long-time composites industry observer Dale Brosius, now a consultant and the president of Dayton, Ohio-based Quickstep Composites, the U.S. subsidiary of Australia-based Quickstep Technologies (Bankstown Airport, New South Wales), asks some hard questions about the composites industry's readiness to supply the auto industry with the materials and processes necessary to meet coming lightweighting challenges.