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Joby Aviation, Toyota Motor Launch Initial Phase of Strategic Alliance
The long-time partners have formed a joint venture that will establish groundwork for commercial production and support Joby’s expansion long-term, with the central goal of bringing AAM on a broader scale.
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Firefly Scales Composite Lunar Lander Production With $144M NASA Moon Mission Contract
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract will deliver next Blue Ghost mission in ≈2 years, helping to support NASA’s Moon Base and multiple Moon landings/year.
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Schaeffler, Delair to Scale European Drone and UAS Production
Industrial partnership will ramp up Delair drone and interceptor production in France with a line that can deliver ~100 units/day by November 2026.
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Touchstone Advanced Composites Tooling, Fabrication Supports Northrop YFQ-48A Talon Blue Wingman
Cfoam carbon foam made for composite tooling design will enable rapid and adaptable engineering processes for the collaborative combat aircraft’s eventual full-scale production.
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CCIC, UNNC Continuous RCF Innovation Deliver Low-Cost, Low-Carbon CFRP
ContRGF is a patented re-manufacturing process that converts fragmented rCF into endless, industry-standard continuous rovings and has been validated via real-world prototypes.
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Bcomp Biocomposites Featured in BMW M Concept Neue Klasse Vehicle
BMW M’s Concept Neue Klasse features Bcomp ampliTex woven flax fiber composites used to manufacture the roof among other interior and exterior components.
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Radia Advances WindRunner Program With Italy, Logistics Deals
The developer of WindRunner, the cargo aircraft designed to transport oversized wind turbine blades and other outsized freight, renewed a government partnership in Italy and struck a new logistics collaboration with Blue Water Shipping.
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Maynards Announces Two Auctions Featuring Manufacturing Assets From Natural Fiber Welding
Two webcast auctions will feature coating and converting lines, winding systems, a 2022 double-belt press, hydraulic presses, testing equipment and microscopes.
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TerraFlow Energy to Advance Power Infrastructure Storage With NOV Fiber Glass Systems
Collaboration aligns long-duration energy storage and industrial composites manufacturing capabilities to support resilient power systems for data centers and other critical applications.
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JetZero Advances Composite BWB Demonstrator Build, Reaches FAA Certification Milestone
Fuselage assembly has begun at Scaled Composites' Mojave facility, where low-temperature cure composites and co-cured wing skins are taking shape for the Jet1 blended wing body demonstrator.
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