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Composites Use in Aerospace

The advantages of building aircraft structures with composites, compared to metal, include light weight, high specific strength, superior fatigue properties, damage tolerance and the absence of corrosion.

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Space

Composites have been used in space since our early steps into the cosmos. Often turned to for their light weight and high strength, these materials have a history of use in spaceflight in such applications as payload fairings, satellite structures and heat shields.

â–º Explore the technologies, materials and strategies used by composites manufacturers working in the evolving space market at our virtual CW Tech Days: New Space Applications. Learn more and register here!

News Published on 04/09/2025
MARS Center milestone powers U.S. hypersonics innovation, workforce development

Utah leaders celebrate the culmination of federal, academic and industry players through MARS, accelerating materials and manufacturing concepts to real-world applications, from thermal protection systems to composites.

News Published on 06/20/2025
Polaris Spaceplanes secures oversubscribed €5.3 million

The aerospace startup’s new total private funding is contributing to its first composite serial spaceplane, customer contracts and future funding efforts.

News Published on 12/18/2024
Composites-intensive Perseverance rover makes Jezero Crater milestone

Since its landing on Mars in 2021, NASA’s rover has completed four scientific campaigns. Its fifth campaign up to the crater rim, a location of geologic interest, will further aid scientists’ understanding of Mars’ past formation.

News Published on 08/21/2024
Mar-Bal expands SMC expertise through AltraSet materials division

The BMC company aims to fill the SMC market gap for those seeking optimal, low-volume demand with custom formulation and high material value.

News Published on 05/09/2025
SPE Thermoset TopCon 2025 launches roundtable panel discussion

Five composites industry leaders will present their views on the state of the industry, tariffs, sustainability, as well as best practices to educating the industry in thermoset technologies.

News Published on 06/11/2025
SPE Thermoset TopCon 2025 successfully showcased thermoset composites advances

The annual thermosets-focused event included 30 sponsorships and/or exhibits, nearly 200 registrations, 19 technical presentations, five student posters, two keynote addresses and an executive roundtable.

News Published on 03/11/2024
MARS Center grows LFAM capabilities with JuggerBot 3D Tradesman Series

P3-44 pellet-fed 3D printer is capable of leveraging a range of fiber-reinforced composite materials, to be used for the production of high-fidelity components in aerospace and defense.

News Published on 08/29/2022
Weber State opens MARS Center in Utah, creates opportunities for advanced manufacturing

Miller Advanced Research and Solutions (MARS) Center brings together students, faculty, university partners and the community for research and innovation in the aerospace and defense field.

 

News Published on 05/30/2025
People in composites: May 2025

IACMI, Ilium Composites, Wrexham University, 47G, Gurit and Thermwood Corp. have shared new hires and promotions in the composites industry.

News Published on 04/04/2025
Airbus to design, build ESA ExoMars rover lander platform

The resurrected Rosalind Franklin composite rover mission’s key systems will be upgraded with support from the TAS, ESA and NASA for a planned launch in 2028.

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