National Composites Week

Aerospace

Diehl Aviation to establish facility in Romania

The aviation supplier expands production capacity to meet industry growth and enhance competitiveness.

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Space

Rocket Lab Neutron rocket to support U.S. Space Force NSSL

Space rocket company to join $5.6 billion National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program, an opportunity to on-ramp its carbon fiber composite Neutron vehicle.

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Laser cleaning in composites manufacturing

Laser cleaning technologies for cleaning production molds for composites offer alternatives to harsher, less-friendly methods with features like automation and higher power cleaning.

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ReSComp Engineering hosts free webinar on composites structures behavior under loading

Webinar sessions for May 8 and May 13 are now open to the scientific community and composites professionals.

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Aerospace

Clean Sky 2 outer wing box demonstrator validates OOA LRI, shimless assembly and SHM

Full-scale wing box project achieves TRL 5 with 2% weight reduction and 4% reduction in recurring production costs through improved manufacturing efficiency and assembly processes.

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Thermwood unveils MAX5 large-scale CNC

Heavy-duty, high-clearance, five-axis CNC router is built to perform in extreme composites machining environments.

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Aerospace

Piasecki Aircraft grows UAV offerings with Kaman Kargo purchase

An agreement has been met in which Piasecki obtains Kaman’s Kargo UAV program, with an immediate focus to transition it from prototype to production by late 2026.

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Aerospace

Boeing sees early positive results in Q1 2025 report

Company says that results, including $19.5 billion revenue, backlog growth of $545 billion and 737 production increase, indicate Boeing is moving in the right direction.

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Welding

TAVieDA project team cuts aircraft door production time using thermoplastic composites, welding

Fraunhofer groups, Trelleborg and Airbus develop modular, fully automated assembly system concept to replace metals and time-consuming assembly that shows potential for scalability.

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ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ editorial submission guidelines

ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ (CW) magazine offers web- and print-based opportunities for suppliers and fabricators to educate our readers about new products, technologies and developments related to composites. CW editorial content is staff-written, but we also work with press releases, papers and other contributed sources to develop high-quality stories.

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