Aerospace

Editorial

Who's ready for the Olympics?

With the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, this year’s JEC World is bound to be abuzz with talk of this year’s event — from the use of composites in sporting equipment to the roles they play in AAM.

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Aerospace

Firefly Aerospace doubles Texas facilities to support composite rockets

Company grows test stands, further implements AFP and seven-axis robotic powermill machinery to produce rockets up to nine times faster at 1/7th of the cost.

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Sustainability

Leonardo advances sustainable aerospace innovation testing

Wingtips and morphing winglets integrated into a C-27J flying test bed, and a full-scale composite fuselage, are undergoing testing for Clean Sky 2 programs.

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Aerospace

Airbus ramps up A350-1000F freighter developments, manufacture

Widebody freighter brings enhanced fuel burn, CO2 emissions and economics compared to other offerings, in addition to adding volume, range and payload.  

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Prepregs

Rock West Composites support moon lander mission

Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 Nova-C lunar lander features multiple configurations of struts manufactured by Rock West Composites. 

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JEC

Radome concept highlights composite aerostructures expertise

JEC World 2024: Airbus Atlantic is displaying a carbon and quartz fiber radome, in addition to touching on its capabilities in design, development of aerospace structures, parts and equipment.

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Plant Tours

Plant tour: Sekisui Aerospace, Orange City, Iowa, Renton and Sumner, Wash., U.S.

Veteran composites sites use kaizen and innovation culture to expand thermoplastic serial production, 4.0 digitization and new technology for diversified new markets.

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The future of quartz and oxide fibers at Saint-Gobain Advanced Ceramic Composites

New business builds on 100-year legacy in quartz, prepares for growth, while starting production of oxide fibers to meet increased demand for CMC by aerospace and industrial sectors.

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Aerospace

From the CW Archives: Drilling is not for the faint of heart

This edition of From the CW Archives revisits CW’s first plant tour — a visit to the F-35 FAL in Fort Worth, Texas — and a story by Ginger Gardiner a few years later. Both offer lessons on how to perform stacked drilling through composite and metallic materials. 

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Aerospace

Airbus full-year 2023 results outline strong commercial aircraft business

Consolidated financial results surpass 2022 results, deliver on commitments made in 2023 despite complex operating environment. 

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