This summer, FiberCore Europe joined forces with TU Delft and Schiphol Logistics Park, and other firms and local agencies, on the design and construction of an ecologically sustainable composite footbridge made with bio-based materials.
One of the world’s largest filament winding systems will soon begin manufacturing components for the Ariane 6 space launch vehicle, which is expected to transport satellites into Earth orbit for the European Space Agency (ESA) as early as 2020.
In the lead-up to the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow (held July 16-22 in Farnborough, UK), aerospace industry pundits were asking a lot of worried questions. But when the show started, none of that seemed to matter in the light of OEM market predictions.
Open sea boat racing has proven a perennially fruitful opportunity for boat designers and builders to hone their composites skills, and the recent third running of the Skiff Challenge — a 1,600-mile endurance race around the Florida coastline, was no exception.
EAA’s 2018 AirVenture at Oshkosh, WI, US happened during the last week of July and as always offered up a banquet of news and innovative new products, including flying cars, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) personal air vehicles and combinations of the two. One of these concepts, called BlackFly and on display at Oshkosh for the first time, caught my attention.
ACMA has announced that Congress has introduced new legislation to encourage research and deployment of innovative construction techniques and materials in infrastructure.