National Composites Week

Carbon Fibers

Team Kratos invites sponsorship for electric tractive system innovation

The nationally ranked Indian Formula Student team is seeking industry sponsorship to develop and implement an advanced tractive system for its upcoming composites-intensive electric race car.

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Defense

Materion metal matrix composites are selected for FLRAA prototypes

Bell Textron is equipping the U.S. Army’s tiltrotor prototype with lightweight materials to further enhance its speed and payload capabilities in operation.

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Aerospace

Spirit AeroSystems signs divestiture agreement with Airbus

Per the definitive agreement, Airbus is taking ownership of assets across seven of Spirit’s sites to ensure stability of its supply for its commercial aircraft programs.

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Sustainability

NSTA issues second permit for HyNet carbon storage project

The £2 billion U.K. project targets the use of new and existing hydrogen and CCUS technologies to capture and store more than 100 million tonnes of CO2 over 25 years, boosting net-zero initiatives.

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Aerospace

A return to the Space Symposium: Charting the next frontier

Since 2019 the space sector has been on a rapid upward trajectory. This year’s Space Symposium delivered that same optimism, celebrating the community’s continued proliferation, even as political and financial uncertainty raise new questions.

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Defense

Call for abstracts: CW Tech Days to explore high-temperature composite solutions

The fall 2025 installment of CW’s Tech Days online event series will cover high-temperature composite solutions for defense and space applications.

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Nanomaterials

Canatu extends IATF 16949:2016 certification

The international standard for automotive quality management reflects Canatu’s dedication to continuous improvement and customer satisfaction when it comes to the delivery of its CNT products. 

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Pusan National University develops novel approach for composite material homogenization

The proposed RBHM method has been shown to accelerate composite material modeling and analysis with reduced basis homogenization, achieving higher accuracy and minimal error.

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AZL Aachen spotlights success of April Open Day for composites R&D insights

Nine partner institutes opened their machine halls and research laboratories for visitors, highlighting their focuses and synergies between science, industry and AZL’s team of experts.

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Recycling

CW launches composites recyclers, equipment suppliers resource

With recycling becoming an increasing popular and important aspect of the composites industry, CW editors have collated this list of domestic and international players.

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