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Volvo's autonomous Vera transport vehicle uses composites
Cabless, fully electric development vehicle heralds future for short-distance autonomous transport.
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Premium AEROTEC displays thermoplastic CFRP pressure bulkhead
Demonstrator at Paris Air Show advances resistance welding toward serial manufacturing of composite fuselage shells for next-generation aircraft.
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AMRC, Tinsley Bridge develop metal-composite anti-roll bar for trucks and trains
Innovate UK project achieved 65% weight reduction via CFRP stabilizer bar and now tests for service performance and durability.
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Triumph Aerospace Structures to design eVTOL airframe for Jaunt Air Mobility
World’s third largest aerostructures supplier will help develop a lightweight design for Uber’s latest partner per its reduced rotor operating speed aircraft (ROSA) technology.
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Airbus Albatross features flapping wings made from composites
Airbus demonstrates first in-flight, flapping wing-tips that could revolutionize aircraft wing and wing box design.
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Advancing multifunctional composite wings and fuselage structures
Flexible printed circuits and the Advanced Concepts for Aero‑Structures with Integrated Antennas and Sensors (ACASIAS) consortium.
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HP-RTM for serial production of cost-effective CFRP aerostructures
Merging automotive process and tooling with aerospace quality to meet increasing production rates.
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Plant Tour: STELIA Aerospace, Méaulte, France
Supplier of Airbus fuselage sections pushes boundaries of hybrid aerostructures production, assembly and thermoplastic composites.
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WMG prototypes CFRP frame for Very Light Rail (VLR) demonstration vehicle
Braided thermoplastic composite frame enables lightweight, recyclability and high-volume manufacturing.
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DARPA presents TFF program for low-cost composites for defense
Results reviewed at SAMPE 2019 show new materials and side-by-side comparisons of thermoset, thermoplastic, HP-RTM and press-forming, including PtFS molding cell.
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Industrialized continuous fiber composite printing in Delft
CEAD offers large builds with speed, precision, low-cost extrusion and continuous fiber.
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Fusing waterjet, laser for efficiency in CFRP/CMC machining
Laser MicroJet technology offers high accuracy and speed without heat issues, burring or replacement of cutting tools.
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