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Airbus invests in clean hydrogen infrastructure investment fund

The largest in the world, Hy24’s investment fund is expected to provide financial capital to back large-scale green hydrogen infrastructure projects worldwide.  

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Hexagon Digital Wave’s proprietary MAE technology is approved for use in Canada

Modal acoustic emission (MAE) has been identified as the most effective method for use in pressure vessel service life requalification in firefighting applications.

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Adamant Composites, Levidian partner to develop graphene-enhanced composite materials

Specialist advanced materials knowledge will be used to develop fabrics, prepreg, resin, adhesives and coatings that address challenges faces in various industries like automotive, wind and aerospace.  

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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.  

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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.

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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.  

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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.

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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.  

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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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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.  

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