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Structural armor or armored structures?
Either way, antiballistics engineers seek structural integrity and ballistic deterrence from a single design.
Read MoreHybrid Enhanced Combat Helmet enters final testing phase
The U.S. Army and Marine Corps are conducting final validation testing of the U.S. military’s next-generation — and radically new — thermoplastic composite Enhanced Combat Helmet (ECH).
Read MoreThe Private Space Race
NASA passes the development torch to legacy contractors and NewSpace entrepreneurs, igniting a new competition in space transport.
Read MoreF1-inspired MonoCell: Racing safety for the road
Resin transfer molding makes CFRP passenger cell mass-producible for new model supercar.
Read MoreFarnborough International Airshow 2010
Although uncertainties remain, aircraft OEMs see recovery in order numbers.
Read MoreAerospace & Defense M&A Analysis: It's a sellers' market
Investment banker Paul Weisbrich gauges the aerospace/defense M&A market in an exclusive interview.
Read MoreSPE's ACCE 2010 preview
Charting a composites course through the auto industry’s “perfect storm.”
Read MoreInterior innovation: The value proposition
OEMs and Tier suppliers ask materials and molding processes to go “green” and do more for less.
Read MoreHotel wrap: Curvilinear pultrusions
Airport hotel’s striking wraparound roofline made possible, durable and affordable with pultruded flat panels and profiled support structures.
Read MoreThird-party tests support claims for crosslinking spray adhesive
Aerospace manufacturers that adopt vacuum infusion processes are discovering what processors of boat hulls and wind turbine blades already know: Placement of multiple plies of slippery dry fiber reinforcements in molds with vertical sides or tight radii is problematic.
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