Ginger Gardiner

Ginger Gardiner Executive Editor

Aerospace

Second Airbus Work Package Signals Continued Composites Growth in India

FACC's expanded agreement with Kineco Aerospace in India adds to a growing list of global aerospace suppliers building local composites manufacturing capacity and broader rise of composites in the region.

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Aerospace

Pilatus Opens New Center of Advanced Composite Competence in Switzerland

New Schwarzhorn center consolidates composite part production as the company expands composites use from secondary structures to primary load-bearing control surfaces on its PC-24 jet.

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Carbon Fibers

Haddy Prints Military Drone Boat

The Florida-based large-format AM company has produced the TF-179, demonstrating how digital manufacturing is enabling more agile development cycles and a faster path from concept to deployment.

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Defense

Lucideon to Establish Sovereign U.K. Manufacturing of CMC for Aerospace, Defense and Nuclear

Lucideon proposes a £500 million facility at Keele University Science Park to build the U.K.'s industrial-scale ceramic matrix composite manufacturing capabilities.

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Aerospace

KAI Partners With Embraer on Aircraft Structures

Agreement expands cooperation in aircraft structures, civil aviation and air mobility, building on KAI's existing role as a supplier for Embraer's E-Jet E2 wing components and Eve Air Mobility's eVTOL program.

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Aerospace

GKN Delivers Flight-Ready Composite Wings, Fins for CCA Prototype

Manufactured at GKN’s composite design and assembly facility at Cowes, parts progressed from clean sheet design to delivery on an accelerated timeline with strict technical requirements met.

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Aerospace

Turkish Aerospace Industries Taxi Trials Kaan Fighter Jet Ahead of Flight Test

Reportedly featuring CFRP fuselage and wing, domestically produced 5th-generation multirole fighter to replace F-16 targets service entry by 2028, switch to indigenous engine by 2030.

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Carbon Fibers

Autonomous Heavy-Lift Platform Launch Pairs With Composites Manufacturing Expansion

Tekever launches the AR6 heavy-lift drone family and expands composites manufacturing partnership with iCOMAT to support AR5 production in the U.K.

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Carbon Fibers

Joby Advances With Virgin Atlantic, Aims For Commercial Flights By Year’s End

Joby Aviation and Virgin Atlantic sign agreement to launch air taxi service in London and Manchester as certification for composites-intensive S4 aircraft continues.

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RTM

Albany Engineered Composites and A&P Technology Partner to Accelerate Next-Gen Braided Composite Solutions

Strategic collaboration combines braiding and advanced RTM to industrialize large composite structures for aerospace and defense.

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Aerospace

Open Fan Engine Passes Preliminary Design Review, Advances Flight Test Demonstration

With PDR complete, CFM is leveraging composite turbofan blade and turboprop expertise, maturing technologies toward full-scale front module in 8-meter test cell, ground and flight tests this decade.

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Space

NASA's Picks for Mars Mobility Development Feature Composites Expertise

In its new $17 million STRIDE initiative to advance Mars surface and aerial vehicles, NASA awards contracts to seven companies, five of which have a history of composites-intensive hardware.

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