In the last few months, the NASA  National  Center  for Advanced Materials Performance at Wichita State University's National Institute for Aviation Research has received commitments from 20 companies willing to fabricate panels for the 2006 material qualification and equivalency programs. As stated in the February NCAMP bulletin, aerospace companies that fabricate test panels may benefit by being able to use the material properties data if equivalency is demonstrated. 

The following companies have committed to making test panels:

• Gulfstream Aerospace

• Adam Aircraft Industries

• Texas Composite, Inc.

• ATK Space Systems

• Boeing Helicopters

• Scaled Composites

• Goodrich Aerostructures

• Bombardier Aerospace

• AARComposites

• Cirrus Design Corporation

• Raytheon Aircraft Company

• Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.

• Cessna Aircraft Company

• Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.

• Northrop Grumman Corporation

• Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd.

• General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

• Lockheed Martin Aero

• Comtek Advanced Structures

• BristolAerospace