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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.

Composites-focused technocenter builds alliances for R&D in digital and sustainable technologies, additive manufacturing, TPCs, hydrogen and new technocenter development.

Manufacturing of six state-of-the-art GNSS satellites uses composite structures from Beyond Gravity, will augment current Galileo constellation.

Zero-emission development center in Germany will target cryogenic liquid hydrogen tanks using lightweight carbon fiber-reinforced composites for proposed aircraft to enter service by 2035.

Airbus has been selected for eight collaborative projects, including EDOCC and ENGRT, the latter of which will study and define key technologies for future rotorcraft operations.

Key structural elements for a 6-meter section of the Airbus biomimetic wing were undertaken by NCC engineering specialists to produce 28 one-off flying parts.

More than 22,000 elements are begin integrated in parallel in Airbus’ Bremen cleanrooms for ESMs 3, 4 and 5, mission-critical structures for the Orion spacecraft.

With more than 570 pre-orders for its Kona cargo and Horizon passenger aircraft, Natilus begins discussions with sites and suppliers in the U.S. for its 250,000-square-foot Phase I facility and also in the UAE, India and Saudi Arabia for its Phase II expansion.

Airbus will provide four primary lightweight carbon fibers structures for the next 14 vehicle launchers via state-of-the-art 4.0 industrial facility in Getafe, Spain.

Airbus subsidiary CTC uses new technology to measure energy use in machine components and processes to optimize equipment, production lines and guide decisions for future composites.

A signed MOU covers multiple projects and work packages related to the H225M helicopter’s engineering, EWIS design and manufacturing, MRO, composites design and more.