Aerospace

Joby receives Part 135 Certification from the FAA ahead of schedule

The certification, initially targeted for the second half of 2022, is another step toward commercial operation. Joby will use conventional aircraft to refine systems and procedures in advance of launching eVTOL service targeted for 2024.  

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Aerospace

Multi-flange RTM frames enable radical rear fuselage design

The Clean Sky 2 Advanced Rear End (ARE) demonstrator combines patented new frame design, thermoset and thermoplastic composites and smart tooling to advance aircraft design and cut weight, cost and production time.

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Hydrogen Storage

Airbus launches U.K. ZEDC center for hydrogen technologies

Filton, Bristol location will cover full product capabilities from components up to whole system and cryogenic testing, complementing Airbus’ existing ZEDC facilities for the ZEROe’s 2035 entry-into-service date.  

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Aerospace

Dassault Aviation kicks off multi-site Falcon 10X production

Final assembly of the ultra-long range business jet is under way, with new production facilities for Factory 4.0 smart manufacturing and the aircraft’s all-composite wing.

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Aerospace

Lilium engages Aernnova to design and build the Lilium Jet’s propulsion mounting system

Aernnova and Lilium will collaborate on the design, manufacture and delivery of the key composite aerostructure component.

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Focus on Design

Digital design, multi-material structures enable a quieter supersonic NASA X-plane

NASA’s composites-intensive X-59 QueSST experimental aircraft is set for its first flight by the end of 2022, after nine years of design, manufacture, assembly and testing by Lockheed Martin Skunk Works.

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Aerospace

Toray and Bell collaborate on new NCAMP design allowable dataset for 3960 prepreg system

Allowable design dataset establishes conformity requirements and process specifications for traditional hand layup and AFP of the 3960 prepreg system in aerospace applications.

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Aerospace

Anisoprint signs MOU for space-based continuous fiber 3D printing

Continuous fiber co-extrusion (CFC) technology capacities in orbit and for the deployment of additive manufacturing have been demonstrated and validated.

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Carbon Fibers

3D Noodles International inaugurates aerospace-ready carbon fiber 3D noodles

Four types of carbon fiber 3D noodle, or gusset filler dry preforms, are offered with pre-defined radii. They are also well suited for aerospace applications.

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Thermoplastics

Cannon Ergos collaborates with Boeing to mold thermoplastic aircraft sidewall panels

Mold trials study the feasibility of using recycled carbon fiber, whether impregnated with diverse resins, or already integrated within a thermoplastic matrix.

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