Aerospace
2014 SBIR funding solicitations are short on composites
However, the industry should note trends revealed in the areas DoD prioritizes for technology research and transfer.
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Check Out the Competition: Visit the Awards Pavilion at CAMX
If you're headed to CAMX 2014, Oct. 13-16 in Orlando, Fla., be sure to check out the entries in the Awards for Composites Excellence (ACE) and the CAMX Awards — some of which are previewed here.
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ICON Aircraft constructs and flies first production A5
Amphibious light sport aircraft features carbon fiber composite construction; first model to be made using production tooling and components unveiled at OshKosh.
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Reshoring, right shoring and innovation: Implications for composites
A CT columnist, consultant and president of Dayton, Ohio-based Quickstep Composites, the U.S. subsidiary of Australia-based Quickstep Technologies (Bankstown Airport, New South Wales), Dale Brosius sees a recent trend toward reshoring, as U.S. manufacturers retrench after decades of outsourcing fabrication to low-wage locales in emerging economies.
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Fighter jet development and the "need" for the F-35
The F-35 is expensive, behind schedule and here to stay, but Textron Airland's new Scorpion might better show how a plane should be developed.
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Cutting time for composites design allowables
New approach by Dr. Stephen Tsai and Daniel Melo promises to reduce the required number of tests from 1,000 to mere dozens, providing results in days vs. months and at much lower cost.
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VX-1 KittyHawk first flight video
Successful first flight test matches computer predictions and enables virtual testing of next refinements.
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Extending robotic NDT to aerospace certification
Automating current manual testing promises increased speed, reduced cost, earlier damage detection and more detailed analysis of damage growth.
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TAPAS 2: Next steps in thermoplastic aerostructures
The Netherland's-based Thermoplastic Affordable Primary Aircraft Structure (TAPAS) consortium's TAPAS 2 team builds on the successes of TAPAS 1, taking the next steps in aircraft thermoplastic composites architecture.
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JEC Americas 2014 Review
Composites industry exhibitors at this combined show emphasized the textile side of the fiber/resin mix and touted process automation.
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