Aerospace

Spirit AeroSystems Belfast advances LANCA project concept with resin transfer infusion

Spirit AeroSystems Belfast, Northrop Grumman and Intrepid Minds support further development of the Royal Air Force’s unmanned Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft (LANCA). 

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Defense

Re:Build Manufacturing accelerates onshoring with Cutting Dynamics acquisition 

Acquisition of Ohio-based manufacturer, Cutting Dynamics, helps to expand fabricated structure product and service offerings.

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Carbon Fibers

Collins Aerospace selected to retrofit U.S. Air Force B-52 with composite brakes

Collins chosen for B-52 Wheel and Brake System Improvement program leading to fleet retrofit of 77 aircraft via its DURACARB carbon/carbon heat sink material.

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Northrop Grumman contributes key composite structures for ULA Delta IV rocket launch

Eleven composite structure such as composite thermal shields, interstage, payload, propellant tanks, produced via hand layup, machining and inspection techniques supported the successful launch.

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Aerospace

Rolls-Royce begins building UltraFan aeroengine prototype

To be completed by the end of 2021, the UltraFan prototype includes the world’s largest fan rotor blades, which are made from composites.

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Aerospace

Solvay joins the Canadian Advanced Air Mobility Consortium

Solvay supports Canada in its early adoption of advanced air mobility and CAAM’s 2040 long-term goal that one in five aircraft operating in Canada are emission-free.

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Axillium to support, manage U.K.’s ASCEND program

Innovation management partner Axillium explains its role in development of the Aerospace and Automotive Supply Chain Enabled Development (ASCEND) program launched in the U.K. in March 2021.

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Braiding

Universal Hydrogen Series A funding to build and test full-scale hardware for hydrogen commercial aircraft

$23.5 million in funding to set Universal Hydrogen on a path to have carbon-free airplanes using composite tanks in commercial service by 2025.

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Aerospace

AeroVironment celebrates composite-intensive Ingenuity Helicopter flight on Mars

The AeroVironment team played a key role in developing the helicopter’s carbon fiber airframe and major subsystems.

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Fabrics/Preforms

Antich and Sons develop composite yarn-spinning technique for 3D-woven preform production

Culmination of a three-year project with AMRC which focused on creating stabilized, near-net shape preforms of variable thickness with efficient material use for aerospace and automotive.

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