Aerospace
Farnborough Airshow 2024 brings together aerospace innovation, collaboration
The week-long international airshow provided a hub for new announcements made by Boom Supersonic, Airbus, Boeing, GKN, GE, ZeroAvia, Eve, Bell, VoltAero, Eve and Lilium. CW has compiled several below.
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GKN Aerospace commits to Airbus SusWingS program
Program will focus on sustainable, next-gen wing solutions, including in wing design and manufacturing and advancements in carbon fiber-reinforced composite materials.
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SAMPE Europe welcomes Tamara Blanco as vice president
Female vice president for 2024-2026 brings extensive background in composite materials, including with her current position as Airbus’ multifunctional composites expert.
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GKN delivers composite wing, booms for Supernal eVTOL
Key deliveries include the complete composite wing assembly in June and booms anticipated by end of July, in anticipation of upcoming flights and 2028 commercial service.
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NanoSperse celebrates 15 years of aerospace composites service
The Ohio-based business is dedicated to improving the durability, reliability and functionality of composites using nanotechnology for major U.S. aerospace and defense companies.
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Ultima Forma, Polar Technology explore electroformed coating for aerocomposites
Electro-deposited erosion protection layer will be applied to aerofoil-shaped composite components to offer improvements to future technologies such as propeller blades used in eVTOLs.
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Electra hybrid aircraft test flights prove eSTOL capabilities
The composites-intensive Goldfinch took off and landed in under 150 feet in an off-runway environment for DOD missions.
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Airbus A321XLR receives EASA type certification
Single-aisle equipped with CFM LEAP-1A engines is meant to bring long-range flight opportunities to customers. Entry into service starts at the end of summer 2024.
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Consortium partners provide CAELESTIS project update
Program targets the development of a hyperconnected simulation ecosystem supporting probabilistic design and predictive manufacturing of next-gen aircraft structures.
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Dawn Aerospace UAV spaceplane certified for flight, develops smart COPVs
Targeting multiple flights/day, nitrous-based propulsion company also works with Com&Sens and ESA to develop composite-overwrapped pressure vessels with embedded sensors toward qualified 30-liter tanks by 2025.
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