Aerospace
Orbital Composites wins award from U.S. Space Force to build space factories for antennas
Partners Axiom Space, Northrop Grumman Space Logistics and Southwest Research Institute will help advance ISAM technologies for kilometer-scale LEO antennas, space stations and GEO applications, targeting space factory in 3-5 years.
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Adhesives, sealants meet aerospace and defense specifications
CAMX 2023: H.B. Fuller Aerospace manufactures, packages and delivers a variety of sealants, structural adhesives, low outgassing epoxy systems and more to industry and customer requirements.
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Plana, Gloria Aviation to provide AAM industry training
Korean composite aircraft developer and education institute join forces to establish an education program and qualification standards for AAM aviation pilots.
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Airbus inaugurates new Toulouse-based A320 final assembly line
Final assembly line will contribute to A320 Family production rate increase of 75 aircraft/month in 2026, adding to Airbus’ 10 assembly sites.
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Paris Air Show 2023 highlights
The Paris Air Show, one of the largest aerospace trade shows in the world, returned for the first time since 2019 and proved that the global aviation industry industry is very much alive and kicking.
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AnalySwift receives $800,000 contract to improve composites simulation
The Phase II STTR contract from NASA, adding on to the company’s two Phase I programs in 2022, enables AnalySwift to develop and release DATEC, a design tool for engineers to design and analyze tailorable composite structures.
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Virgin Galactic completes inaugural commercial spaceflight
Aboard the all-composite VSS Unity spaceplane, the Galactic 01 spaceflight carried 13 research payloads and three crew members, with a second flight scheduled for August.
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ÉireComposites, mBryonics to develop advanced optics solutions for space
The FreeForm-OPTIX project will produce affordable, high-specification, low-mass, composite freeform mirrors to increase communication speed and security from orbit.
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Paris Air Show orders bring aerospace industry back on track
The air show’s success was guided by nearly 1,266 order and option announcements from Airbus, Boeing, Embraer and others, indicating supply chain progress.
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Airborne to deliver automated preforming line to GKN Aerospace
Automated cell combines ply placement, preform trimming, a ply cutter and a hot drape former for 3D preform production, to be initially deployed to fulfill ASCEND project objectives.
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