Aerospace
Airbus eXtra Performance Wing demonstrator makes first flight
Maiden flight of the biomimetic adaptable wing establishes baseline for future fuel consumption reductions, sets milestone for ground testing and flights beginning 2024.
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FACC signs multiyear agreement with Pratt & Whitney for fan case MRO
FACC is growing its component repair services with the repair and overhaul of its customer’s composite PW800 turbofan engines.
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NABUCCO project develops adaptive composite structures for next-gen aircraft
EU Horizon 2020 project exploits structural instability and buckling-driven design to achieve lighter weight, more efficient composite aerospace structures.
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Composites and the call to space
CW editor-in-chief Scott Francis discusses the role of composites in recent and upcoming space missions.
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API Metrology streamlines aerospace manufacturing with Dynamic 9D LADAR
Mounted onto an autonomous guided vehicle (AGV), the inspection system enables quick, precise and noncontact data collection for aerospace parts, including those made with composites.
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Archer achieves flight test program milestone as Midnight aircraft takes flight
The milestone builds on 4 years of flight testing, including 2 years of full-scale flight testing of Archer’s Maker aircraft.
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Plant tour: Daher Shap’in TechCenter and composites production plant, Saint-Aignan-de-Grandlieu, France
Co-located R&D and production advance OOA thermosets, thermoplastics, welding, recycling and digital technologies for faster processing and certification of lighter, more sustainable composites.
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Kineco Kaman awarded $12 million export contract from BAE Systems
Goa-based composites company has supplied more than 700 carbon fiber consoles for the Boeing P-8 Poseidon aircraft over the last 10 years.
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AAMMC chosen as top 20 Regional Technology Hubs
Chosen from nearly 400 applicants nationwide, the 47-member Inland Northwest consortium in Spokane-Coeur d’Alene prepares for Phase 2 in an effort to produce a testbed facility for high-rate composites manufacturing R&D.
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Spirit AeroSystems, Boeing reach price agreement
Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems have signed an agreement redefining pricing structures and funding to boost production efficiency and collaboration for 737 and 787 programs.
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