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NanoSperse (Kettering, Ohio, U.S.), a privately held, management-owned small business dedicated to the design, development and manufacturing of advanced composites, is celebrating 15 years of service to the aerospace community.

Supported by Air Force ManTech funding, NanoSperse opened its 20,000-square-foot facility in Kettering (Dayton), Ohio, in 2009. Since then, the company has transitioned innovative erosion coatings for Air Force and Navy aircraft, specialized conductive adhesives for spacecraft and qualified novel radius filler technology for use in production of stringers for next-generation aircraft composite wings and other primary and secondary structures. The company is developing novel consolidated discontinuous epoxy compounds for use as tooling surfaces for 3D printed tooling, composite compounds for molded parts with complex features and low-cost compression moldable structures for unmanned systems. 

Recently, the company has demonstrated lightweight radiation shielding materials for spacecraft applications and has received Air Force funding to mature and transition the technology for spacecraft. 

From inception, the company has registered design development and manufacturing operations to AS9100 quality standards, demonstrating its commitment to meeting the stringent standards demanded by its customer base. Customers include many of the major U.S. aerospace and defense companies. Its day-to-day activities center around design and development for specific customer requirements while providing a rapid transition pathway for material innovations that deliver competitive advantage to the customer, including setting up cost-effective production capabilities dedicated to specific needs.