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News archive: Carbon ThreeSixty

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19 June 2025 The programme will run from May 2025 through April 2028, allowing time to develop and structurally test three full-scale wingtip variants.

GKN begins £12m ASPIRE programme for composite wings

The three year initiative has brought together partners from industry and academia to deliver full-scale wingtip demonstrators for structural testing.

20 April 2022 Magnomatics' lightweight, air-cooled propulsion motor.

Magnetic gear innovators reveal 86kW motor

The market for eVTOL motors for urban air mobility is forecast to be substantial and Magnomatics believes it can provide motors that will deliver a significant advantage. The intention is to manufacture these in Sheffield.

28 January 2021 Leonardo has lined up behind a consortium aiming to design, develop and manufacture an ultra-low mass, robust, proof-of-concept carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) wheel for rotary wing aircraft.

Leonardo backs consortium building CFRP helicopter wheel

A wheel made of carbon fibre reinforced plastic will offer enhanced mechanical properties at about half the density of metal wheels. It will be made with tailored fibre placement, braiding and out of autoclave processes.