WEDNESDAY | October 20, 2021 KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER, DALLAS IN ASSOCIATION WITH SHOW daily Produced by y the editors of www.theCAMX.org/mobile theCAMX.org “The digital transformation continues”: By Hannah Mason, Associate Editor, CompositesWorld Keynote speaker Gregory Ulmer of Lockheed Martin Keynote speaker Gregory Ulmer, execu-tive VP of Aeronautics at Lockheed Martin (Bethesda, Md., U.S.) capped CAMX 2021’s general session presenting the past and future of composites within aeronautics, focusing on the role of automation and the digital thread. Lockeed Martin has several divisions — rotorcraft, space, missiles and aeronau-tics. Within Ulmer’s aeronautics divisions, focuses include ghter aircraft like the F-35, hypersonics and other technology developments within the company’s Skunk Works division. He noted the importance of partnerships in the company’s successes: “Composites are two dissimilar materials combined together to form something new. at’s the way that Lockheed Martin approaches its partnerships, as well.” e history of composites within Keynote speaker Gregory Ulmer, executive VP of Lockheed Martin’s aeronautics division, Aeronoautics at Lockheed Martin. Ulmer explained, began in the 1970s, with the F-16 ghter jet which had a 5% composite structure. By the 1990s, the F-22 was 25% composite. Within this time, Lockheed Martin did a variety of trade studies, he said, to calculate the cost savings on lightweighting these vehicles, and whether composites are the best option. e current era of composites development at Lockheed Martin was ushered in with the develop-ment of the F-35 in the late 1990s, with composites on the aircraft incorporating approximately 35% of its structural weight. e F-35 program also ushered in automa-tion and digitalization technolo-gies such as automated drilling, optical projection, ultrasonic nondestructive inspection (NDI), laminate thickness control and precision machining of composite structures. Another area of focus for the company’s composites R&D, he said, is bonding. Over the past 30 years, he reports successes in this area on parts such as a composite engine inlet duct, wing compo-nents and a fuselage structure. See KEYNOTE, continued on page 3 EVENTS NOT TO MISS 7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Lobby F, Level 2 CAMX Awards recognize innovation in rail, materials By Je Sloan, Editor-in-Chief CompositesWorld CAMX 2021 was o cially kicked o yesterday with the General Session, which included the announce-ment of the winners of the CAMX Awards. ere are two CAMX Awards, one called the Combined Strength Award and the other called the Unsurpassed Innovation Award. Nominees this year were highly diverse See AWARDS, continued on page 6 Registration Hours Conference Programming 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Conference Programming 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Market Segment Reception (ticket required) 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Omni Hotel, Pegasus Lawn Note: All locations KBHCCD, unless otherwise noted Exhibit Hall Open 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Halls D-F, Level 2 Winner of the Combined Strength Award went to TrinityRail.