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Lockheed Martin’s  65,000-square-foot Hypersonic Missile Assembly Building 4 (MAB 4) integrates digital transformation advancements for training and virtual inspections.

HTCMC component demonstrates manufacturing of future Spartan scramjet engine required for reusable hypersonic vehicles capable of up to Mach 12 flight. 

This year CW is considering the strategic advantages of market-focused events for manufacturing professionals that step outside the norm of the team’s usual haunts.

CMC is expanding, with new fiber production in Europe, faster processes and higher temperature materials enabling applications for industry, hypersonics and New Space.

Combination of high-temperature composite, structure capabilities and experience in 3D-woven near-net shape composites to help rapidly scale affordable hypersonic thermal protection systems.

JEC World 2025: Meet Future Fibres experts and its Components Division to learn more about its specialized cable range lineup and highly loaded composite structures.

As the composites industry gathers for its largest international trade show, CW’s editorial team shares the key trends and challenges they’re tracking — from aerospace innovations and recycling advancements to economic shifts and the future of eVTOL.

CAMX 2023: ERG Aerospace’s Duocel silicon carbide foam has a working temperature of 3,600ºF, designed for hypersonic application and high-temperature, corrosive environments.

Boston Materials will supply Textron Systems with its Z-axis Fiber technology to enhance performance of high-temperature composites that exceed 3,000°F.

The ongoing flight test program continues on target towards separation test and the first hypersonic flight of TA-1 within the first half of 2023.