Aerospace

Aerospace

GKN Aerospace to expand composites facility in Chihuahua, Mexico

An 80-000-square-foot expansion serves to meet future demands for advanced, complex composites manufacturing and assembly for the business jet industry.  

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Prepregs

Plant tour: Renegade Materials Corp., Miamisburg, Ohio, U.S.

Renegade Materials is known for high-performance prepregs for aerospace applications. Following its acquisition by Teijin in 2019, the company has expanded capacity and R&D efforts on a range of aerospace-targeted materials.

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Volocopter earns Series E investment, type certification application acceptance from Japan

Volocopter continues to push the envelope with flight testing the composites-intensive VoloCity aircraft, seeking concurrent validation from the EASA, CAAS and FAA.   

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Australian eVTOL aircraft Vertiia completes maiden flight

AMSL Aero takes new steps toward additional testing and CASA certification for the long-range, box-wing-designed aircraft that will aid aeromedical, cargo, emergency and regional air mobility.  

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Fabrics/Preforms

ASCEND program update: Designing next-gen, high-rate auto and aerospace composites

GKN Aerospace, McLaren Automotive and U.K.-based partners share goals and progress aiming at high-rate, Industry 4.0-enabled, sustainable materials and processes.

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Aerospace

ATC Manufacturing, Boeing expand long-term thermoplastic composites agreement

With this contract expansion, the Post Falls-based composites manufacturer now supplies parts for all active Boeing commercial aircraft programs.  

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HyImpulse, Adamant Composites linerless CFRP tank passes hydrostatic burst test

The liquid oxygen (LOX) tank, to be used in a HyImpulse smallsat launch vehicle, demonstrates the ability to withstand pressures well beyond the limits of its intended use.  

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Trends

Joby begins final assembly of company-conforming aircraft

California-built eVTOL aircraft tests Joby’s matured quality management system in preparation for FAA type and production certifications.  

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Thermoplastics

Novel processes for hybrid thermoset-thermoplastic pultruded parts

CFRP pultrusion and pullwinding specialist Epsilon Composite combines thermoplastic overmolding with traditional thermoset processes, demonstrated through aircraft struts and industrial applications.

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Aerospace

Unmanned aircraft manufacturer General Atomics becomes Nadcap Subscriber

Nadcap members are aerospace prime contractors who have demonstrated design authority and control over supplier quality throughout their organization.  

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