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CompositesWorld explores the world of fiber-reinforced composites technology. Our coverage digs into what's new and trending in composites design, tooling, materials and fabrication, and we share the stories of how these materials and processes come together in real-world applications for end markets like aerospace, automotive, marine and wind energy.

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Defense

Qarbon Awarded F-22 Raptor Composite Structures Contract

Qarbon Aerospace wins contract to produce composite structures for Lockheed Martin F-22 fleet sustainment, reinforcing its role as a key Tier 1 defense manufacturing partner.

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Carbon Fibers

RE-CELL to Develop RCF Structural Batteries, Supercapacitors for Aviation Electrification

Sofitec, Aimplas and I2con are combining materials design, multiphysics modeling and experimental validation to achieve a full-scale demonstrator that can store more energy on aircraft without the involved weight penalty.

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Braiding

Albany Engineered Composites, A&P Technology and 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

Park Aerospace Chooses Tulsa International Airport for Advanced Composite Materials Facility

A $65 million investment further accelerates growth of one of North America’s leading aerospace clusters.

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Automotive

Joby Aviation's Nobi Kawamura to Keynote SPE ACCE 2026

Nobi Kawamura bring his distinguished background at Toyota and now Joby Aviation, in addition to work on numerous composites-forward projects, to this third keynote.

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Aerospace

Farnborough 2026 Delivers a Strong Show for Aerospace

From Wing of Tomorrow flight testing to a ramp-up of India-based partnerships, CW’s coverage of this year's air show spans composites news, aircraft orders and more — including updates from Airbus, Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky, Archer/Anduril, Vertical Aerospace and Hexcel.

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Epoxies

Hexcel HexPly M91 Earns NCAMP Qualification

Aerospace manufacturers now have access to industry-recognized material data that can help accelerate design, certification and program development.​

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Carbon Fibers

Entire Anemoi Rotor Sails Portfolio Has Classification Approval

With its latest Bureau Veritas approval secured, Anemoi is strengthening confidence, and reducing adoption barriers to, its composite rotor sails across newbuild and retrofit projects.

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Aerospace

Hypersonix, University of Queensland CMC Endure High Heat of Hypersonic Flight

The Australian partners have developed advanced CMC parts capable of withstanding temperatures beyond Mach 5, proven in real hypersonic flight conditions.

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Axvik Group Acquires Pentaxia to Expand U.K. Composites Capacity

Pentaxia brings a broad capability base, longstanding customer relationships and significant production capacity at its current facility to Axvik’s existing U.K. composites business.

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