Aerospace
Horizon Aircraft shifts to seven-seat hybrid electric eVTOL concept
Led by industry needs and following successful flight tests of its five-seater 50% scale prototype, the company aims to scale up for future production.
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Sherwin-Williams introduces high-flexibility body filler
Fill Bond Flex Aerospace Filler (FBF100) restores aircraft exterior composites by permanently concealing surface imperfections.
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A new era for ceramic matrix composites
CMC is expanding, with new fiber production in Europe, faster processes and higher temperature materials enabling applications for industry, hypersonics and New Space.
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Airbus unveils PioneerLab twin-engine flying laboratory
Digital systems, bio-based and recyclable composites and other workstreams specifically dedicated to twin-engines will be tested and matured aboard Airbus’ helicopter demonstrator.
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Next-gen composites manufacturing: Combining material, machine and mold cavity data with analytics
Using a sensor, an edge device and machine learning software, sensXPERT sees into processes and is improving quality and cutting scrap, cycle time and energy use for composites customers like ZF and Carbon Revolution.
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Episode 42: Jeff Sloan, CompositesWorld
CW publisher and brand V.P. Jeff Sloan discusses the history of CW and the evolution of the composites industry during his time as editor.
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Engine vane demonstrates potential for gapped, unidirectional dry fiber for infusion
GKN Aerospace and its partners developed an aircraft demonstrator component made with TeXtreme’s latest Gapped UD material, proving out a dry, infusible tape meant to compare in performance to UD prepreg.
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Airbus invests in hydrogen-electric company ZeroAvia
Latest financing round boosts plans to progress ZeroAvia engine certifications and Airbus ZEROe concept aircraft, with collaboration in LH2 storage, fuel cells and refueling operations.
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National AAM Center of Excellence officially opens
The Springfield, Ohio-based project seeks to make the state a hub for advanced air mobility R&D activity.
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BAE Systems, Hybrid Air Vehicles agree to explore defense, security applications
Under a recent MOU, HAV’s ultralow emissions Airlander aircraft will be explored for airborne defense logistics and long-endurance airborne communications and surveillance with large payloads.
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