Blue Origin to team up with Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Draper on lunar lander
Proposed lunar landing system to be considered for NASA’s Artemis program, which seeks to return humans to the moon by 2024.
Read MoreShape Machining unveils carbon fiber suspension links
The company has designed, manufactured and successfully tested a carbon fiber suspension link for a high-end automotive OEM.
Read MoreKeeping things moving with FRP
Two recent projects using fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) bridge decking material from Composite Advantage (Dayton, Ohio, U.S.) demonstrate the increasing role of composites in infrastructure.
Read MoreOn the road with CompositesWorld
CW Senior Editor Scott Francis offers a recap of recent composites industries events including CAMX 2019 and SPE ACCE 2019.
WatchDymag to increase carbon fiber wheel production
Dymag plans to increase its production capacity to drive down the costs of wheels and structural composite components.
Read MoreCOBRA composites enable security robot
COBRA to deliver a set of eight composite parts that form the lightweight body shell cladding of a 1.35-meter high patrol robot.
WatchNASA all-electric experimental aircraft to begin ground testing
NASA’s X-57 Maxwell has been delivered to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in its Mod II configuration and will soon undergo extensive ground testing of its integrated electric propulsion system.
Read MoreScott Bader's urethane acrylate resins enable Corvette Stingray bumper beam
The company’s Crestapol resins were used for the automotive industry’s first curved, multi-hollow pultruded carbon fiber bumper beam.
Read MoreHenkel to collaborate with Carbon Revolution on composite wheels
Henkel and Carbon Revolution join forces to speed OEM automotive one-piece carbon fiber wheels development.
Read MoreProduct Roundup: September 2019
CW’s roundup of new products for the composites industry – the past month has seen innovations from Airtech, Ashland, CoreTech, Johns Manville, Karl Mayer, KraussMaffei, PRF Composite Materials, RTP Co., SHD Composite Materials and Zetec.
Read MoreToray begins thermoplastic resin production in India
Toray’s new India-based facility should reach its full operating capacity of around 5,000 metric tons in the near future.
Read MoreAll-composite wheel for electric vehicles wins funding
A project to develop the world’s first commercially viable, low cost, lightweight, all-composite wheel for electric and niche vehicles such as driverless cars wins grant funding of £135,500.
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