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Defense

Scaled Composites conducts first Model 437 aircraft flight

Experimental aircraft concept leverages Scaled Composites’ rapid design, fabrication and testing and Northrop Grumman digital ecosystem focus.

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Prepregs

Hankuk opens Avonmouth warehouse for prepreg distribution

Hankuk Carbon relocates operations to better serve customers with tailored composite materials across western England and Wales.

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Recycling

Johns Manville highlights ongoing efforts in fiberglass recycling

Johns Manville spotlights its continuous efforts in glass fiber waste reduction and recycling no matter the location, advancing eco-friendly practices across composites operations.

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Carbon Fibers

Collins, RTX break ground on $200 million C/C brake facility expansion

Spokane is one of three facilities that specialize in the production of carbon fiber-reinforced carbon (C/C) composite braking systems for commercial aviation, military.

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Molds/Tools

Airtech, Ascent Aerospace partner to accelerate AM tooling adoption

A combination of Airtech’s 3D printing materials and Ascent’s production capabilities aim to support increased use of composite additive tooling in spaces like defense and aerospace.

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Aerospace

ACoSaLUS project develops fully automated FPP layup for legacy sandwich parts

Joint R&D project results show 7 times improvement in layup rates, reduced material deployment and development of novel layup features when using FPP for aerospace production.

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Automotive

PAL-V announces Netherlands assembly, delivery hub for flying car

A dedicated facility at the Breda International Airport will serve as a hub for final assembly, customer demonstrations, flight training and pre-delivery inspections for the carbon fiber gyroplane.

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Biomaterials

Exel launches commercial-scale use of INEOS bio-based resins

Circular feedstock-based Envirez serves as a springboard for the pultrusion specialist to phase out use of hydrocarbon-derived resins, reducing 21% manufacturing emissions.

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Defense

Bell V-280 Valor gains clearance for EMD phase, prototype building

FLRAA aircraft featuring composite structures from GKN, Spirit and Unitech moves into design maturation and prototyping for anticipated 2026 flight schedule.

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CGTech rebrands to Vericut

CGTech unveils a new brand identity in reference to its flagship Vericut software used for composites, postprocessing and more, 

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