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2021
15 June

ReleaseTeijin joins Spirit's Aerospace Innovation Centre to enhance engineering partnership

9 June

ReleaseDiab introduces Divinycell U foam, based on ULTEM resin

4 June

ReleaseAirborne introduces Automated Preforming by pick and weld

3 June The Eviation Alice.

GKN structures put Alice on track for flight this year

Just one year on since contract GKN has designed, manufactured and delivered wings, empennage and electrical wiring interconnection systems (EWIS) for the all-electric Alice aircraft.

1 June

ReleaseTeijin's Tenax carbon fibre prepreg adopted for next-generation aircraft engine nacelle

31 May

ReleaseGurit extends contract with Pilatus Aircraft Ltd for five years

27 May

ReleaseHenkel collaborates in sustainability study on reducing CO2 emissions through lightweight materials in aerospace

20 May Toray Advanced Composites has installed a high heat laminate press at its Nijverdal facility.

Toray expands thermoplastic composite capabilities

Toray's latest press allows additional functionality to be integrated into the laminate at the point of consolidation, such as anti-galvanic corrosion and lightning strike protection.

19 May

ReleaseTeijin Carbon produces new thermoplastic PPS-Tape

14 May

ReleaseNew three-year contract extension

13 May

ReleaseHexcel to build new Centre of Excellence for advanced composites innovation in Utah

11 May

ReleaseTeledyne CML Composites makes significant investment in thermoplastic processing capability in conjunction with the National Composites Centre

10 May

ReleaseArlington Capital Partners closes the acquisition of Triumph's composites business, forming Qarbon Aerospace

10 May

ReleaseELG Carbon Fibre becomes Gen 2 Carbon

5 May

ReleaseDrake Plastics Ltd. Co. gains aerospace industry AS9100D(2016) quality system certification

4 May

ReleaseNCC begins tenth birthday celebrations by unveiling new state of the art Automated Fibre Placement-Automated Tape Lay Up capability (AFP-ATL)

27 April

ReleaseSpirit AeroSystems Belfast advances ground-breaking project for UK Ministry of Defence

24 April

ReleaseLeonardo to acquire a 25.1% stake in HENSOLDT AG

23 April

ReleaseEmbraer and Brazilian Air Force sign a memorandum that aims the study of unmanned aircraft system

12 April

ReleaseTitomic & Neos to Manufacture Invar36 Faceplates in the UK

7 April

Portuguese consortium wins design prize for flexibility

The FLEXCRAFT project evaluated the development of new production processes, eco-efficient technologies, and the integration of new materials, among other research fronts.

29 March

ReleaseHexcel joins ASCEND project to accelerate development of lightweight advanced composites

29 March

ReleaseBrookhouse Aerospace Limited announce management buy out from Kaman Corporation

29 March

ReleaseNew long-haul jet from Airbus with assemblies from RUAG Aerostructures

26 March

ReleaseKongsberg signs agreement worth 1.7 billion NOK for deliveries to F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

25 March

ReleaseEvonik launches new PEEK filament for industrial 3D applications

16 March

ReleaseToray new AMS specification for CMA 3900 prepreg system

11 March Decision’s new mould tooling solution for series production in aerospace industry. (Photo: Decision S.A.)

Decision delivers direct mould tooling to European OEM

Decision and Carboman have delivered the first moulds using new technology, providing a tooling glass prepreg, stainless-steel backed direct female mould tool created for the series production of a Class 3 fairing.

10 March

ReleaseWorld-class aerospace supplier achieves significant material savings

1 March

ReleaseRUAG International completes sale of RUAG Aerospace Services GmbH to General Atomics Europe

1 March

ReleaseeFlyer 2 Serial #001: assembly underway

24 February

GKN begins V-tail production for SkyGuardian

GKN Aerospace has been a supplier to GA-ASI's MQ-9 program for a decade, starting with the design and build of the fuel bladder system in Portsmouth. This further contract will help its drive to gain defence business.

17 February Matthew Collinson, Research Engineer in the AMRC Composite Centre, is working on self-cure, self-anti-icing and self-sensing.

Nanoscale materials show promise for greener manufacturing

A section of a composite leading-edge wing will showcase the self-cure, self-anti-icing and self-sensing advances that University of Sheffield's AMRC has developed. Less greenhouse gas and lower costs are the aim.

9 February

ReleaseSolvay will supply composite and adhesive technologies as well as technical support to Vertical Aerospace

3 February

Kineco-Kaman expects material savings from software

Plataine's technology will provide an improved picking process leading to optimised utilisation of inventory, such as the selection of remnants for production wherever possible. This could generate 5% material savings.

3 February The joint effort will be hosted at Leonardo's R&D facility in Taranto, and Solvay's centre in Brussels.

Leonardo and Solvay combine efforts in thermoplastic research

By creating a Joint Research Virtual Lab, Leonardo and Solvay aim to develop new thermoplastic materials and new manufacturing processes so as to attain higher performance and manufacturing efficiency.

2 February

ReleaseVaulta and Quickstep sign Memorandum of Understanding

28 January 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.

13 January James Hughes, Research Director, University of Sheffield AMRC North West.

Machine learning makes light work of AM aerospace alloys

The University of Sheffield AMRC aims to develop a robust, end-to-end methodology for process parameter development. Intellegens' AI-embedded platform Alchemite will be at the heart of it.

12 January

ReleaseNIAR's ATLAS lab to install SAMBA Pro system in 2021

7 January Teledyne CML Composites has received a contract from Airbus for the supply of composite wing components and assemblies on the A400M military aircraft.

Airbus sources A400M wing assemblies from Teledyne CML

Parts include a range of thermoplastic and pre-preg composite components to be supplied to the Airbus A400M composite wing box assembly line at the Filton facility in Bristol in the UK.

2020
15 December

ReleaseCharger Investment Partners acquires leading composites manufacturer Advanced Composite Products and Technology, Inc.

15 December

ReleaseNCC and Dstl join forces to facilitate innovative R&D in future combat aircraft composite structures

14 December

ReleaseHexcel and Safran expand scope of existing contract for advanced composite materials on commercial aerospace programs

11 December

ReleaseCevotec's SAMBA Pro Prepreg is now part of the Fiber Placement Center technology portfolio

9 December In a Joby Aviation composites lab an automated fibre placement (AFP) machine applies composite material used to fabricate aircraft parts.

Joby selects Toray composites for eVTOL project

Joby Aviation has spent more than a decade developing its aircraft and plans to bring it into commercial operation as early as 2023. The VTOL machine will be crafted from Toray carbon fibre composite materials.

9 December

ReleaseQuickstep delivers 10,000th F-35 component

8 December

ReleaseBell acquires Response Technologies in pursuit of advancing fuel cell technology

4 December

ReleaseFiber Patch Placement – highest quality with seal of approval

20 November

ReleaseNAWA America to manufacture multifunctional composites