Space

Defense

Merger mania, part II?

Columnist Dale Brosius considers the surges of company mergers that have affected the composites industry over the years.

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Aerospace

NASA seeks companies to participate in next phase of commercial lunar payload services

NASA announcement calls for companies to participate in development of technologies to support the next generation of lunar landers.

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Aerospace

NASA announces U.S. industry partners for Moon, Mars programs

The partnerships will advance the commercial space sector and help bring new capabilities to market that could benefit future NASA missions.

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Sustainability

Lockheed Martin completes Orion spacecraft capsule

The crew module capsule has been assembled onto the Orion service module for further testing before the Artemis 1 uncrewed mission to the moon.

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Space

CAMX 2019 exhibit preview: Goodwinds Composites

Goodwinds Composites will showcase its micro-pultruded carbon rods, wrapped carbon tubes, and composites machining capabilities at CAMX 2019.

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NASA funds Made In Space project to 3D print spacecraft components in orbit

Made In Space’s Archinaut One spacecraft will demonstrate the ability to manufacture and assemble spacecraft components in low-Earth orbit.

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Medical

Web Industries to expand manufacturing operations at Texas facility

The 20,000-square-foot expansion to the Denton, Texas facility adds production cells for multi-layer insulation (MLI) and composite ply cutting.

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Space

Orion spacecraft completes launch abort tests

The successful test of the composites-intensive abort system moves NASA’s Orion crew capsule a step further toward travel to the Moon and beyond.  

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Space

Boeing to move Space and Launch headquarters to Florida

The move will place the Space and Launch division closer to the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Patrick Air Force Base.

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Epoxies

Nanomaterials: Products, supply chain mature for next-gen composites

Development spans 3D and thermoplastic nanocomposites, nano-CMCs for hypersonics and nanomaterials safety and toxicity.

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