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AIR ONE two-seater eVTOL achieves first hover tests
AIR’s all-electric personal air mobility vehicle, which incorporates composites in structural and aesthetic components, is expected to deliver its first vehicles by 2024.
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Hypetex raises £1.25 million equity investment for colored carbon fiber
U.K. company attracts new investment, welcomes new business leaders to support rollout of colored carbon fiber across sport, automotive and consumer electronics sectors.
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Kalitta Motorsports enhances Revchem Composites drag race contributions
Third-year sponsor increases brand visibility, becomes recognized composites distributor of choice in the NHRA.
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Omega Systèmes expands composite formatting capabilities to meet future aerospace program demand
Installation of a flexible converting line at the Web Industries company’s Nantes site increases French production capacity to supply commercial-scale volumes of thermoset slit tape.
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Beyond Gravity announces maiden flight of Vega-C rocket, features CFRP composites
Vega-C replaces the current Vega rocket, comprising a CFRP payload fairing and payload adapter system, as well as a more intuitive onboard computer, all of which is produced at Beyond Gravity’s various production sites.
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Swinburne launches prototyping program for aerospace startups
Aerostructures Innovation Research (AIR) Hub addresses critical gap in prototype funding in Australia for startup SMEs in aerospace.
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Teijin, Fujitsu to develop blockchain-based commercial platform for recycled materials manufacturing
The platform aims to enhance the environmental value of recycled FRP materials for manufacturers through life cycle assessment calculations and more reliable information management.
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Planefibra develops opaque composite roof tiles for corrosive environments
Brazilian company targets industrial applications with tiles featuring an estimate useful life of 10 years, five times longer than galvalume steel and fiber cement.
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IsoTruss receives USDA funding award for rural broadband project
Resilient composite mobile cell sites to provide more sustainable and versatile network access across rural locations.
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NASA reveals James Webb Telescope’s first images of an unseen universe
The world gets its first look at the full capabilities of the composites-intensive James Webb Space Telescope in space through a series of highly detailed images.
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