Aerospace
FACC Wichita performs 1000th split scimitar winglet modification
FACC Solutions Inc., the company’s Wichita, Kan., U.S. subsidiary, will deliver the 1000th shipset of its modified Boeing 737 winglet to Southwest Airlines.
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Has composites innovation reached "the stall?"
Columnist Dale Brosius reflects that composites innovation, like meat partway through the smoking process, has reached a temporary stalling point.
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NASA announces urban air mobility challenge
NASA’s UAM Grand Challenge will be a full field demonstration in an urban environment to test the readiness of UAM vehicles and airspace operator systems.
Read MoreBenzoxazine tooling prepreg designed for aerospace applications
SHD Composite Materials Inc.’s benzoxazine prepreg has been designed for large, high-temperature aerospace tooling applications.
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CAMX 2019 technical paper, poster session award winners announced
The award winners include researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, National Research Council Canada, Mitsubishi Electric and several U.S. university programs.
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Addcomposites' virtual demo on how to make an AFP composite laminate
Readers are walked through how to program and operate the AFP-XS plug and play system.
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Plascore to build new facility in Zeeland, Mich., U.S.
The engineered core and composite products manufacturer is constructing an 80,000-square-foot facility that will lead to the creation of approximately 35 jobs.
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Vision Systems to produce composite structures for Clean Sky 2 RACER program
Multiple parts will be made by the company’s Fibertech composites unit, which produces helicopter composite window frames and aircraft window casings.
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People in Composites: September 2019
CW’s monthly roundup of people news in the composites industry, including recent appointments at Gougeon Brothers, Scott Bader, Shape, KraussMaffei, Teijin Ltd. and the NASA Langley Research Center.
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