The focus of the project is to develop a novel composite material that can be integrated into an EV battery to reduce the overall weight of the battery case.
The STAR Center provides space for the new production phase of Orion, allowing future Orion spacecraft, beginning with the Artemis III mission, to be built faster.
The ACS3 mission expects to demonstrate the successful deployment of the composite boom solar sail in low-Earth orbit to guide the design of future, larger-scale composite solar sail systems.
Construction is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2022. At full rate, VoltAero anticipates producing approximately 150 Cassio aircraft per year.
Coming less than two months after the start of assembly of the rear and center fuselages, this marks another significant production step for the A321XLR.
The 7,500-square-foot expansion of Eastman’s facility will provide more capacity to accomodate a robust demonstration and research center for its composites cutting technology and solutions.
Cevotec’s solution is to apply carbon fiber patches to the dome areas of Type IV pressure vessels, which reportedly yields 15% in material, weight and cost savings.