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Article Published on 12/27/2024
Composites end markets: Boatbuilding and marine (2025)

As 2023-2024 consumer demand slows, boat and marine vessel manufacturers continue to focus on decarbonization and new technologies using composites.

News Published on 02/23/2024
Rock West Composites support moon lander mission

Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 Nova-C lunar lander features multiple configurations of struts manufactured by Rock West Composites. 

Article Published on 11/01/2023
Composites and the call to space

CW editor-in-chief Scott Francis discusses the role of composites in recent and upcoming space missions. 

News Published on 10/16/2024
On the radar: Reusable launch vehicles, hypersonics make space more accessible

CFRP has become key to targeting efforts in reusing components like rocket stages, as well as the development of reusable hypersonic testbeds and spaceplanes, for increasing space commercialization.

Article Published on 01/08/2015
Regenerative braking system for railcars relies on composites

A new flywheel-based regenerative braking system, the Digital Displacement hydraulic pump-motor transmission system from Artemis Intelligent Power, has demonstrated that it can reduce the carbon footprint of trains.

News Published on 12/01/2023
Composite gift ideas for the holidays

Gift your boss, coworker, employees, family members or even yourself this holiday season with one of these 20 composites-related ideas.

News Published on 08/22/2023
Rock West Composites delivers composite assembly fixtures for NASA PASS program

Nine-by-nine-foot fixtures were designed with tight tolerances for thermal and moisture stability, supporting NASA’s push to enable in-orbit construction of hardware for future space programs.

News Published on 05/04/2023
Rock West Composites completes development model design for robotic arm

The Canadarm3 robotic arm will be used in the lunar Gateway Program, supplied by the Canadian Space Agency.

Article Published on 10/27/2023
Type V pressure vessel enables lunar lander

Exploratory IM-1 lunar landing mission to feature a unique, all-composite unibody Type V pressure vessel designed for cryogenic propulsion. 

News Published on 03/16/2023
NASA selects Firefly Aerospace for lunar surface payloads

Two agency payloads are targeted to launch in 2026 to a landing site on the far side of the moon to gain a better understanding of the early evolution of the universe.

 

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