Aerospace
Aurora Flight Sciences expands headquarters and opens new Aerospace and Autonomy Center at MIT
Independent Boeing subsidiary will add robotics and integration facility in Manassas, VA and lease 100,000 ft2 in new MIT building.
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Quickstep to produce F-35 flare housings
The carbon fiber component manufacturer will receive funding to produce composite housings for an F-35 Lightning II countermeasure flare.
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SPE ACCE 2018 preview
Mobility composites are expected to draw an international crowd to this annual Motor City gathering.
Read MoreQ&A: Tom Lemire, TFLemire Consulting
CW Talks: The Composites Podcast, recently spoke to Tom Lemire, currently principal of TFLemire Consulting (Irvine, CA, US) and a longtime veteran of the composites industry. Lemire’s career spans back to the late 1960s, and he eventually did most of his work in the composites industry for carbon fiber suppliers BASF and Toho Tenax (now Teijin).
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Composites Index trending lower but still in growth mode
The GBI: Composites Fabricating Index for June registered 56.5, indicating that the US composites industry was experiencing modestly slower growth compared to the preceding three months.
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Infused wing sheds light on aerocomposites future
In the Irkut MS-21 infused and co-cured wings, the aerocomposites industry gets a glimpse of how out-of-autoclave technologies might be applied to primary aircraft structures.
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Luxury travel by airship returns
A look at composites on the Airlander 10 hybrid aircraft by Hybrid Air Vehicles, a helium-filled airship. HAV made a splash at Farnborough this year by announcing luxury tourist travel.
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Kordsa completes acquisition of FDI and TPI
Kordsa has announced the completed acquisition of Fabric Development Inc. and Textile Products Inc., which provide advanced composite materials to the commercial aviation industry.
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GA-ASI and GKN Aerospace expand partnership
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. and GKN Aerospace to collaborate on composite tails for GA-ASI’s Predator B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) series.
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People on the Move: July 2018
CW’s monthly roundup of people on the move in the composites industry.
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