CompositesWorld News

On the radar: Achieving thermal conductivity of composites

Recent progress incorporating fillers into fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) materials have reported enhanced thermal properties, or better thermal management, guiding FRPs into new market opportunities. 

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Aerospace

PHASA-35 HAPS platform completes first stratospheric flight

First flight of BAE Systems’ uncrewed aerial system demonstrates its potential for long endurance, high altitude and use in future communications applications.

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Automotive

Short Wheelbase automotive series shows off composites craftsmanship

RML Group’s hand-built process, taking 9 months/car, melds traditional craftsmanship with state-of-the-art technology. The first three cars are on track for customer deliveries.

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Aerospace

Second Gulfstream G800 takes first flight

Composite, long-range flight test aircraft heads closer toward certification and customer deliveries.

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Henkel Adhesive Technologies, Bluecrux transform customer-centric supply chain

Composites material supplier embraces digitization as one tool in a plan focused on improving the customer experience, which then adds to its value and competitive advantage.

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Construction

Dura Composites enters joint venture with Mekina Industries

The GFRP permanent formwork specialist, adding to Dura Composites’ 27 years of supplying structural walkways to infrastructure markets, aims to further its own composite construction products.

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Aerospace

Daher delivers first new-production Kodiak 100 aircraft

North Carolina’s Forest Services have received Daher’s Kodiak 100 multi-mission aircraft equipped with Hartzell’s five-blade composite propeller.

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Automotive

Hexagon Purus receives orders for H2 refueling station, H2 distribution systems

Demand for Type IV cylinders remains strong as zero-emission mobility grows worldwide.

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Space

Kineco Kaman contributes to India's third lunar mission

Delivery of four critical CFRP components forming the launch vehicle LVM-3-M4 adds to the private entity’s capacity to develop composite structural parts for space launch vehicles in India.

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Trends

New AMRC facility, Boeing program boosts aerocomposites innovation

An £80 million investment contributes to a novel R&D facility in South Yorkshire, U.K., with Boeing as its first major research partner, to support and de-risk new composites and digital technologies and processes for the production of future aerospace components.

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