Aerospace
PAIramid project drives digital approach to streamline composite aerostructures development, deployment
Multidisciplinary global team will leverage Al and data-driven simulations to make the aerostructure design, development and certification process faster, less costly and more reliable.
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Plasma moves beyond improved bonding to coatings, multifunctional composites
Plasmatreat cold plasma systems clean, activate surfaces and apply nanocoatings for dielectric barriers and more.
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FACC receives Aero Excellence Award in support of composites and aviation resiliency
The award, received by FACC and 11 other aviation companies, recognizes high manufacturing standards, highlights a strategy for improving international supply chains.
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Airbus outlines next-gen single-aisle aircraft technology focuses, revised ZEROe project roadmap
Outlined technology bricks — including foldable wings, more efficient engines and propulsion and composite materials — could support a planned single-aisle next decade, plus Airbus’s renewed commitment of a commercially viable H2 aircraft.
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AMD to open U.S. subsidiary for defense, aerospace nanotechnology
AMD Inc., based in Austin, Texas, has a broad license to all parent company IP and will continue to invest in R&D projects with the group’s existing university partners.
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ZeroAvia is awarded U.S. Air Force grant for autonomous hydrogen-electric aircraft
ZeroAvia will analyze the potential for developing and delivering an autonomous aircraft with hydrogen-electric propulsion for reduced engine noise and low thermal signature.
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Airbus Foundation joins forces with Solar Impulse Foundation, boosting climate action
Partnership will lean on Airbus’s satellites and helicopters expertise, supporting innovators to advance aerospace-related projects with positive environmental impact.
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Natilus begins search for Phase I and II production sites for composite blended wing body aircraft
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.
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GE Aerospace commits $1 billion to strengthen U.S. aerospace
Manufacturing expansions, scaling 3D printing and CMC materials and supplier upgrades are a few ways in which GE expects to support the U.S. aerospace supply chain.
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Inside the MFFD — CW's coverage of the Clean Aviation multifunctional fuselage demonstrator
ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ rounds up coverage of the MFFD project over the past decade. Now complete, the MFFD illustrates numerous processes and technologies for manufacturing primary aerospace structures using thermoplastic composites.
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