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Aerospace 21 Jul 2022

Quickstep to manufacture Dronamics Black Swan cargo drones

The Australian aerospace composites business will supply engineering and manufacturing services to ramp up annual cargo drone production in the next four years.

Aerospace 21 Jul 2022

2022 Farnborough International Air Show highlights

Farnborough, as usual, provided a platform for a variety of announcements in the aerospace, defense and advanced air mobility spaces from companies like GKN Aerospace, Joby, Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Boom Supersonic and others.

Defense 21 Jul 2022

Team Tempest combat air demonstrator set to fly

Plans have been confirmed for the development of the U.K. Tempest demonstrator, a project involving novel technologies R&D for next-gen skills, tools and processes, including composites.

Aerospace 20 Jul 2022

Airbus completes assembly of Wing of Tomorrow prototype

The Wing of Tomorrow integrates myriad new composite materials and processing technologies, including thermoplastic composite ribs, an out-of-autoclave vacuum bag only spar, infused skins and much more.

Pressure Vessels 20 Jul 2022

Blue Wind manufactures 1,000 nacelles in 28 months with one mold

Manufacturer combined speed and quality for composite wind turbine nacelles during the pandemic, producing 10 nacelles per week.

Aerospace 20 Jul 2022

Airbus and CFM launch flight test demonstrator for advanced open fan architecture

Flight test demonstrator aims to mature and accelerate development of advanced propulsion technologies as part of CFM RISE program, with CFRP blades as key part of design.

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Consumer 20 Jul 2022

Sikorsky delivers third CH-53K helicopter to U.S. Marine Corps

This is the third out of seven composites-intensive heavy-lift helicopters that have been delivered to the fleet exceeding all DOD rotary wing platforms, created in a complete, digital environment.

Natural Fibers 20 Jul 2022

Permali develops tougher, more eco-friendly composite parts for motorsport

Formula 1 and Hypercar manufacturer in Gloucester, U.K., develops “greener composites” that meet increasing technical demands while still conforming to safety, performance and quality.

Aerospace 20 Jul 2022

Hexcel to supply carbon fiber prepreg for Dassault F10X program

The Falcon F10X will be the first Dassault Aviation business jet program to incorporate high-performance carbon fiber in the manufacture of its aircraft wings.