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Space

Firefly Aerospace successfully completes 14 days of surface operations on the Moon

Longest commercial Moon mission using Firefly’s composites-intensive Blue Ghost lander completes more than 346 hours of surface operations, transmitting more than 119 gigabytes of data back to Earth.

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Glass Fibers

Caracol delivers high-performance, customized 3D printed elements to Pershing sports utility yacht

Heron AM platform demonstrated its capability of fabricating complex superstructural composite parts for the luxury yachting industry with intricate geometries, more efficiency and less waste.

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Recycling

Uplift360 successfully converts composites waste into continuous aramid fibers

Through scale-up trials the chemical recycling company’s defense-backed process effectively respun para-aramid into long, high-performance fibers, with future goals to reach virgin material strength. 

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Diamond Aircraft acquires Volocopter after insolvency

Integration will maintain Volocopter’s headquarters in Germany, with its development and certification work continuing under Diamond’s ownership.

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Aerospace

Beta completes eVTOL flight demonstrations across Utah

Beta, 47G and UDOT hosted flight demonstrations throughout communities in the state to showcase Alia’s capabilities and highlight AAM’s advantages.

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Thermoplastics

Avanco Composites bundles lightweight composites expertise into new corporate structure

Inometa Thermoplastics, Dynexa and Xelis businesses have been joined under the Avanco Composites brand, combining thermoset and thermoplastic composites competencies.

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Aerospace

Airbus Helicopters introduces light twin H140 with 2028 EIC

Larger, quieter rotorcraft offering is backed by H135 and Bluecopter program know-how, featuring several optimized elements and just as many composite features.

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Sustainability

Hera Group inaugurates FIB3R recycling plant in Italy

Industrial-scale facility is expected to produce 160 tonnes of rCF/year through pyro-gasification process, supported by cross-sector partners like Leonardo and Angeloni.

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Composites industry invited to April 9th AZL Open Day 

Annual, in-person event gives AZL and non-AZL members a chance to gain insight into the RWTH Aachen Campus’ composites and lightweighting R&D landscape.

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Aerospace

MATECH, Cal Nano aim to commercialize UHT composites

The partnership’s combined technological advances and manufacturing prowess will target the scale-up and industrialization of FAST SPS for high-temp and UHT composites serving aviation, defense.

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