Carbon Fibers
Collins Aerospace selected to retrofit U.S. Air Force B-52 with composite brakes
Collins chosen for B-52 Wheel and Brake System Improvement program leading to fleet retrofit of 77 aircraft via its DURACARB carbon/carbon heat sink material.
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Hexagon Agility receives fifth set of orders for all-composite CNG/RNG cylinder tanks
Collective orders placed from global fleet customers for CNG and RNG fuel storage reaches $44 million.
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Universal Hydrogen Series A funding to build and test full-scale hardware for hydrogen commercial aircraft
$23.5 million in funding to set Universal Hydrogen on a path to have carbon-free airplanes using composite tanks in commercial service by 2025.
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AeroVironment celebrates composite-intensive Ingenuity Helicopter flight on Mars
The AeroVironment team played a key role in developing the helicopter’s carbon fiber airframe and major subsystems.
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Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 features new composite parts
Light, strong and not inexpensive aftermarket carbon fiber elements accessorize this performance vehicle.
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Z-direction composite properties on an affordable, industrial scale
Boston Materials uses milled reclaimed carbon fibers to increase modulus, impact/delamination resistance and produce metals-like conductivity for EMI shielding, lightning strike protection, heat exchangers and more.
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NASA Ingenuity helicopter succeeds in historic first flight on Mars
Ingenuity’s two 4-foot-wide carbon fiber and foam core rotor blades successfully interacted with Mars’ gravity and atmosphere, logging a total of 39.1 seconds of flight.
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Design innovations improve efficiency of composite medical table
WIT-Composites' efforts to design a more effective all-composite surgical table led to development of complex components and an elastic carbon fiber material.
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Composites as auto-body reinforcements
Hybrid structural-reinforcement technology expands options, gains applications, markets.
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German composite specialist INVENT collaborates in SUSTAINair for increased aircraft circularity
Three-and-a-half-year, 11-partner EU project will include metals and composites spanning design, manufacturing, maintenance, repair, assembly and recycling.
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