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Defense

Boeing Australia advances flight testing of Loyal Wingman

Two separate Loyal Wingman aircraft completed successful flight missions to aid in the continuation of improving the unmanned vehicle’s development.

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Arris raises additional $88.5 million in funding, receives new investment by Chuo Malleable Iron

Arris continues to scale up global operations of its Additive Molding technology and partner across industries to fulfill an increasing demand for medium- to high-volume composites production.

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DOMMINIO virtual workshop to explore multifunctional and intelligent composite airframe parts

Nov. 30, 2021 event for H2020 project will review latest advances in thermoplastic composites, additive manufacturing and digital manufacturing.

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Aerospace

Volocopter conducts first crewed eVTOL test flight in South Korea

Five-minute crewed and public test flight of the Volocopter 2X demonstrates South Korea’s goal to achieve UAM commercialization by 2025.

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Defense

The NCC launches first U.K. composites technology forum dedicated to defense

The forum brings together large industry primes, academia and SMEs to facilitate technical exchange and drive innovation for composites technology development.

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Trends

VABO Composites launches new company in Italy

VABO Italia Composites Srl will be based in La Spezia and act as sister to the Netherlands HQ, including custom composites projects and new products.

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CAMX

Technical paper winners announced for CAMX 2021

CAMX recognizes outstanding composites research from students, engineers and industry professionals.

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Nanomaterials

Grafen AB introduces graphene-coated textiles

The G-Heatex series uses graphene flakes to entirely impregnate textiles for uniform electrical resistance properties. It is available for a range of textile substrate types.

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Aerospace

Kaneka Aerospace partners with DH Sutherland

Kaneka Aerospace LLC manufactures specialty high-performance composite materials serving a variety of markets. The partnership with DH Sutherland will enable the company to expand into U.S. markets.

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Carbon Fibers

Solvay, 9T Labs bring additive manufacturing of CFRP parts to mass production

Solvay’s high-performance composite materials, plus 9T Labs’ hybrid additive Red Series solution reportedly process lower production costs for advanced composite parts.

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