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Black Hawk program receives improved turbine engine with CMC
GE Aerospace T901 flight test engines will replace GE T700 for the UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter, using additive manufacturing and ceramic matrix composites (CMC) for 1,000 shaft horsepower increase.
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GKN Aerospace inaugurates Chihuahua facility expansion, enhances composite structures assembly capacity
Enhanced production to support North American customers including HondaJet and Gulfstream.
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Hitachi Rail chooses Roboze printers, materials including carbon fiber/PEEK for railway spare parts
The Roboze ARGO 500 will be used at Hitachi Rail factories in Naples, Italy and Maryland, U.S. to reduce cost and delivery times for prototypes and spare parts.
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Hufschmied Zerspanungssysteme, specialist in composites machining, establishes branch in the U.S.
Supplier of material- and process-optimized cutting tools and technology for CFRP, GFRP and CMC, as well as metals, opened its Chicago facility August 1, 2024.
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Angeloni Group announces new logistics center
1,500-square-meter refrigerated area to expand global prepreg distribution capabilities.
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Kautex wins SPE Grand Innovation Award for thermoplastic composite battery enclosure with integrated cooling
Second award for Pentatonic Battery Enclosures touts innovative design, enabling two-phase cooling for safe temperatures, high charging rates.
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Archer reaffirms high-volume facility completion for 2024
400,000-square-foot facility will support Archer's goal of producing up to 650 Midnight aircraft per year.
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Teijin lightweight materials enable VAIO portable displays
Teijin's Tenax TPCL and Panlite Sheet materials allow for the creation of complex, three-dimensional shapes in a single molding step.
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GM's third Corvette model to feature Carbon Revolution wheels
One-piece carbon fiber wheels work around the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1’s complex load paths, exceeding GM’s weight, durability, strength and aesthetic standards.
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General Dynamics Mission Systems delivers 1,000th F-35 nose radome
Marion, Virginia, team have designed, produced and tested more than 65,000 radomes for more than 50 aircraft, including the mission-critical F-35 radome.
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