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Defense

Angels Aircraft launches pre-seed round to build Archangel UAV

First scalable, flight-ready prototype will incorporate high-rate composites manufacturing, a blended wing airframe and an autonomy-first architecture.

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Aerospace

Airbus completes first A350F wingset in Broughton

The wingset was formed as part of the company’s first A350 freighter test aircraft, set to serve the highly anticipated demand in passenger and freight markets.

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Carbon Fibers

Hartzell’s carbon fiber Pathfinder is approved for Aviat Husky

Three-blade composite propeller has received supplemental type certification and can replace existing two-bladed propellers on Husky aircraft models.

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Defense

Vivace delivers fuel tank hardware for Talon-A test vehicles

In its partnership with Stratolaunch to advance U.S. hypersonic capabilities, Vivace has provided both composite and metal tanks for the TA-1 and TA-2 in the past year.

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Wind/Energy

Acciona Energía’s Forty Mile wind farm begins operations

The renewable energy company’s largest wind facility built to date in North America features 49 Nordex turbines each with a capacity of 5.7 megawatts.

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Canyon Bicycle FRP handlebars optimized via fully integrated injection molding system by Engel

Engel tie-bar-less Victory 180 and partner support has created a completely automated production environment for manufacturing hollow composite bicycle components quickly and efficiently.

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Wichita State, Dassault Systèmes open Manufacturing Innovation Center

Aviation companies of all sizes will be able to improve their resilience and efficiency via the center’s virtual design, automation and additive manufacturing capabilities.

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Carbon Fibers

McLaren Automotive celebrates 1995 win with special edition 750S coupe

Celebratory 750S super car pays homage to McLaren’s 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans win, featuring a host of additional composite component innovations, color choices and other vehicle enhancements.

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Carbon Fibers

Dow to sell 50% ownership in DowAksa carbon fiber JV

Dow agrees to sell half of its interest in DowAksa to its 50/50 joint venture partner Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayii A.Åž. in an effort to focus more on core, high-value downstream businesses.

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Archer pilots Midnight, advances to next phase of flight testing

Flight operations tested the composites-intensive aircraft’s VTOL and CTOL capabilities, important for its civil and defense operations.  

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