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News Published on 05/24/2023
Airbus selects Airborne to supply automated ply placement system

The pick-and-place system with software-driven automated will be the first in Airbus facilities, enabling highly efficient and flexible dry fiber preform manufacture for A350 structures.

News Published on 06/30/2023
Airborne to deliver automated preforming line to GKN Aerospace

Automated cell combines ply placement, preform trimming, a ply cutter and a hot drape former for 3D preform production, to be initially deployed to fulfill ASCEND project objectives.

Article Published on 08/23/2023
Modular, robotic cells enable high-rate RTM using any material format

Airborne’s automated ply placement systems at Airbus, GKN Aerospace and Teijin Automotive Technologies aim to maximize flexibility and intelligent automation.

News Published on 01/04/2021
Airborne, JETCAM develop digital interface for automated kitting

Integration of Airborne’s automated kitting solution and JETCAM’s CrossTrack software provides seamless data exchange for automated kitting of composite plies. 

Article Published on 03/19/2025
ASCEND program completion: Transforming the U.K.'s high-rate composites manufacturing capability

GKN Aerospace, McLaren Automotive and U.K. partners chart the final chapter of the 4-year, £39.6 million ASCEND program, which accomplished significant progress in high-rate production, Industry 4.0 and sustainable composites manufacturing.

News Published on 03/18/2025
U.K. partners successfully complete ASCEND program

The ASCEND consortium, led by GKN Aerospace and McLaren Automotive, drove significant advancements in high-rate composites technologies for future aircraft and mobility through cross-sector collaboration.

Article Published on 02/20/2018
Airborne, Siemens and SABIC partner to mass produce thermoplastic composites

Flexible, automated production lines, featuring radically low conversion costs, aimed at millions of parts/yr — CW’s interview with all three companies.

Article Published on 01/16/2025
Development of a composite liquid hydrogen tank for commercial aircraft

Netherlands consortium advances cryogenic composites testing, tank designs and manufacturing including AFP, hybrid winding, welding of tank components and integrated SHM and H2 sensors for demonstrators in 2025. 

Article Published on 07/07/2020
Composites 4.0: Digital transformation, adaptive production, new paradigms

An evolving landscape of automation, sensors and AI software is not an end, but a means to achieve the cost, quality, efficiency and agility required for future manufacturing.  

Article Published on 03/29/2023
Plant tour: Middle River Aerostructure Systems, Baltimore, Md., U.S.

The historic Martin Aircraft factory is advancing digitized automation for more sustainable production of composite aerostructures.

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