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EcoPulse aircraft demonstrator makes first hybrid-electric flight
The demonstrator aims to evaluate the operational advantages of integrating hybrid-electric distributed propulsion, with specific emphasis on CO2 emissions and noise level reduction.
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Stratolaunch TA-1 test vehicle completes captive carry flight
The flight was the 12th for the company’s launch platform Roc and the first carrying the Talon-A testbed vehicle with live propellant, in preparation for its first powered hypersonic flight.
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Carbon Revolution awarded OEM program, sets sights on additional NA facility
The carbon fiber wheel manufacturer and supplier has been awarded a total of 18 vehicle programs over the last couple of years, and is now looking to build capacity.
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Voith Composites certifies towpreg-wound Carbon4Tank for on-road use
Type IV hydrogen storage tank has earned type approval under UNECE R 134 after meeting stringent performance requirements.
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Vestas signs MOU with DTEK, extends Ukraine’s largest wind energy project
Second phase will add 384 megawatts to the Tyligulska wind project, bringing it to a capacity of 498 megawatts.
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FMG market outlook update gives a financial perspective on advanced materials
Future Material Group’s latest edition explores the complex relationship between composite materials development and financial investments.
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AFWERX funding advances Piasecki ARES program
The $37 million contract will enable Piasecki to demonstrate its ARES tilt-duct VTOL aircraft and hydrogen fuel cell propulsion technologies.
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Breakthrough material provides tunable radar absorption, infrared thermal camouflage
Researchers at Jiangsu University of Science and Technology demonstrated obscured IR signatures of objects from human hands to aircraft fuselages, exceeding current stealth technologies at only 2.77 millimeters thickness.
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HevenDrones introduces composite drones powered by hydrogen
The H2D200 series builds on the success of the company’s H100 platform, offering extended ranges and payloads via an environmentally cleaner system.
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Future Fibres’ LiMit Collar protects composite rigging against lightning
Multi-material system wins DAME Design Award 2023 for mitigating damage caused by direct or induced lightning currents to carbon fiber and metallic mast rigging for watercraft.
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