Defense
Rostec demonstrates combat suit exoskeleton
The carbon fiber exoskeleton is designed to increase a soldier’s physical abilities while protecting the joints and spine.
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Meggitt Polymers & Composites expands San Diego manufacturing facilities
The San Diego MPC location is the Meggitt Group Center of Excellence for complex, molded aircraft engine components and structures used in extreme environments.
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Triumph and Quickstep to partner on advanced composite solutions
The two companies will work together to offer composites solutions to customers in the US and Australian aerospace and defense markets.
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Quickstep to produce F-35 flare housings
The carbon fiber component manufacturer will receive funding to produce composite housings for an F-35 Lightning II countermeasure flare.
Read MoreQ&A: Tom Lemire, TFLemire Consulting
CW Talks: The Composites Podcast, recently spoke to Tom Lemire, currently principal of TFLemire Consulting (Irvine, CA, US) and a longtime veteran of the composites industry. Lemire’s career spans back to the late 1960s, and he eventually did most of his work in the composites industry for carbon fiber suppliers BASF and Toho Tenax (now Teijin).
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Composites Index trending lower but still in growth mode
The GBI: Composites Fabricating Index for June registered 56.5, indicating that the US composites industry was experiencing modestly slower growth compared to the preceding three months.
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GA-ASI and GKN Aerospace expand partnership
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. and GKN Aerospace to collaborate on composite tails for GA-ASI’s Predator B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) series.
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Solvay expands with new Texas-based aerospace composites manufacturing facility
The company recently broke ground on a Greenville, TX, US manufacturing footprint expansion that increases the site’s resin mixing capacity.
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NLign releases version 6.10
Latest software version offers improved support for the Aerospace and Defense industry MRB workflow.
Read MoreHexcel and Gazchim partner on kitting services for Aerospace, Defense and Industrial markets
The joint venture, named HexCut Services, will provide pan-European kitting services that will include Hexcel’s carbon fiber prepreg and other composite materials.
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