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News archive: Composite Materials

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9 December 2022

ReleaseLeonardo: industrial partner of the international programme GCAP (Global Combat Air Programme)

29 November 2022

ReleaseITP Aero joins AMRC

27 November 2022

ReleaseTurkish Aerospace receives 'success partner' award from Spirit AeroSystems

1 November 2022

ReleaseBeckwood launches new patents-pending linear servo press line

27 October 2022 Expanding in Paignton, Devon, UK.

Rockwood invests to meet composite manufacturing demand

The company has also invested in new machinery, such as a Hexagon Absolute Arm, which has been instrumental in developing novel business class seats for aircraft.

20 October 2022 Joe Morris, Director of DoD Programs from Toray Advanced Composites with Monica Rommel, CEO of Specialty Materials, meeting at the Specialty Materials facility in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Resin and fibre experts target future aerospace applications

The collaboration is intended to improve the supply chain by uniting Specialty's boron fibre with Toray's carbon fibres and resin systems including toughened epoxies, cyanate esters, bismaleimides and polyimides.

18 October 2022

ReleaseDucommun's grand re-opening – Guaymas, Mexico operations

18 October 2022

ReleaseTrelleborg expands its capabilities in engineered polymer solutions

17 October 2022

ReleaseDarkAero 1 benefitting from Marsh Brothers Aviation polymers bearings

13 October 2022

US Marines orders logistics UAS prototype from Kaman

The KARGO UAV is optimised for expeditionary employment. Compact form-factor of the system fits in a standard CONEX shipping container and is designed to be unloaded and operated by as few as two people.

7 October 2022

ReleaseEmbraer advances in the production of the first KC-390 Millennium for Hungary

6 October 2022

ReleaseKorean Air partners with Airbus Helicopters on vertical unmanned aerial systems

5 October 2022

ReleaseNIAR unveils new ATLAS facility and Solvay Manufacturing Innovation Center

29 September 2022

ReleaseEmbraer delivers 1700th E-Jet

21 September 2022

Boeing completes construction of Arizona composite centre

A new composite fabrication centre for components for future combat aircraft will enable Boeing to scale a platform-agnostic, modular and flexible digital production system across future programs.

20 September 2022

ReleaseGA-ASI to open new secure advanced manufacturing facility in 2023

15 September 2022

Cotesa signs up to build the Black Swan in Germany

Dronamics says that a new agreement ensures the production of its cargo drones to support the demand for the commercial routes to be launched in Europe in 2023.

12 September 2022

ReleaseMarkforged introduces smooth TPU 95A to produce high quality, flexible parts for industries including aerospace

22 August 2022

ReleaseThe Gill Corporation awarded contract extension of floor panel fabrication for Boeing 777, 777X and 787 programs

2 August 2022

ReleaseNew flex-rigid material for critical military & aerospace applications

26 July 2022

ReleaseSkyDrive makes progress toward acquiring type certification with development of composite vehicle's structure by Toray Carbon Magic, and starting material conformity testing

21 July 2022

ReleaseNew contracts signed between Airbus and Turkish Aerospace

19 July 2022

ReleaseDeutsche Aircraft selects Aciturri as a leading supplier of of aerostructures for the D328eco

19 July 2022

ReleaseEmbraer and BAE Systems announce collaboration for the C-390 Millennium and Eve eVTOL

13 July 2022 Overair's Butterfly prototype with Toray T1100/3960 carbon fiber/epoxy prepreg. The prepreg provides high stiffness and strength for its airframe and propulsion units.

Overair commits to Toray prepreg system for Butterfly

Toray's prepreg system is formulated for high-performance aerospace applications where the optimal ratio of strength to modulus properties is critical. It allows for autoclave and out-of-autoclave curing.

13 July 2022

ReleaseVentec increases prepreg treating capacity in Taiwan

28 June 2022

ReleaseToray supplies NASA HiCAM with thermoset and thermoplastic prepeg technologies to enable increase in airframer manufacturing rates

1 June 2022

ReleaseKorean Aerospace Industries (KAI) signs a new long-term contract with The Gill Corporation

24 May 2022

ReleaseToray and Bell collaborate on new NCAMP design allowable dataset for 3960 prepreg system

12 May 2022

ReleaseDaher and Luxembourg's LIST will develop a welding technology for the assembly of aircraft substructures produced with thermoplastic composites

9 May 2022

ReleaseCommunications & Power Industries acquires AdamWorks

14 April 2022

ReleaseGurit sells aerospace business to Isovolta

6 April 2022

ReleaseEUR 16 million EIB backing for Airborne International

6 April 2022

ReleaseApplied Composites, a portfolio company of AE Industrial Partners, acquires North Coast Composites and North Coast Tool & Mold from Unitech

24 March 2022 The GKN Aerospace V-tail is a standard component of the MQ-9B SkyGuardian.

GA-ASI installs first V-tail from GKN onto SkyGuardian

The first of the advanced composite V-tails was shipped from the GKN in Cowes, UK, to GA-ASI in Poway, California and fitted onto an MQ-9B RPA, which will ultimately be delivered to the RAF as a Protector RPA.

22 March 2022

ReleaseEvonik invests in new ROHACELL production facility

17 March 2022 Solvay and National Institute for Aviation Research will develop materials together.

Solvay moves on campus for materials collaboration

NIAR and Solvay will host an opening ceremony later this year for their joint endeavour within the ATLAS lab in Wichita. Its efforts will aim to improve materials and processes for aerospace manufacturers.

15 March 2022

ReleaseExpansion begins at Hexcel Engineered Core operations plant in Morocco

10 March 2022

ReleaseAC Products Inc. launches new website

10 March 2022

ReleaseAMRC North West keeps UK manufacturing 'ahead of the pack'

3 March 2022

Tech Mahindra brings experience to flying car project

Tech Mahindra will support ASKA in the areas of design, analysis, development of composites and advanced materials, crash dynamics (automotive and aerospace), battery and structural testing.

24 February 2022

ReleaseTeijin to partner with Fuji Design in carbon fibre recycling

23 February 2022

ReleaseTrelleborg launches strong and light high-load composite material for aerospace landing gear

22 February 2022

ReleaseKineco Kaman Composites India celebrates BAE Systems delivery milestone

21 February 2022

ReleaseNIAR (Wichita, USA) successfully commissioned Cevotec's SAMBA Pro Prepreg system

17 February 2022

ReleaseTeijin unveils advanced spread-tow carbon fibre woven fabric

16 February 2022 Venturi Aviation and Airborne will partner on lightweight composite structures for the Echelon 01 all-electric aircraft, due to be launched in 2028.

Venturi plans advanced manufacturing for Echelon 01

The companies' collaboration has the objective to develop a digital and automated factory for composite lightweight structures which is much more flexible and dynamic and is based on on-demand manufacturing.

16 February 2022

ReleaseAerodine Composites awarded ISO 9001 and AS9100D, the highest quality management certifications in the aerospace industry

10 February 2022 Vertical Aerospace says it will scale up to produce up to 2,000 VX4 electric aircraft per year.

Leonardo partners Vertical for VX4 composite fuselage

With a rapidly filling order book Vertical has brought the aerostructures development and manufacturing skills of Leonardo at Grottaglie on board to co-develop the fuselage of its VX4 eVTOL.

10 February 2022

ReleaseGA-ASI selects two companies to support MQ-9B development as part of Blue Magic Belgium