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Cambium composites are launched into space via USCRPL rocket
Boattail component delivery helped USCRPL’s Daybreak rocket reach space, marking the first U.S. student team to launch and recover a rocket as a space payload provider.
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NH3Craft project yields seaworthy composite tanks for ammonia storage
Connova Deutschland has developed the glass fiber-wound Type 4 vessels as a lightweight, corrosion-resistant alternative to steel tank systems for the maritime sector’s shift toward fossil-free fuels.
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Strata Syensqo joint venture in Al Ain demonstrates large-scale aerocomposites production success
Manufacturing milestone guided by UAE production localization efforts and a highly skilled workforce produce materials for Boeing 777X program test components.
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RWTH Aachen University uses filament winding alone for pressure vessel dome reinforcement
Researchers at ITA are exploring hybrid winding layer using sticky towpregs to provide local dome reinforcement in composite pressure vessels without additional machines, tool changes or fiber cutting operations
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DOE-funded researchers developing high-throughput, low-cost carbon fiber
The Carbon Fiber Design project aims to develop, and scale up with commercial partners, fibers with noncircular geometry optimized to meet compression performance needed for wind and other industries.
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Bpreg Composites natural fibers prove industrial readiness on reECONIC EV concept vehicle
SNAPSHOT: Automotive project, demonstrating recycled, natural and bio-based materials, includes interior UD thermoplastic prepregs with mass-scale production protential.
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International Composites Summit builds momentum for 2026 event
This complementary composites-focused event is expanding in scale in ambition, with growing sponsor and partner engagement promoting a platform built to support real business outcomes.
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GA-EMS industrializing SiC/SiC and other CMC via MAITrX facility
Developing materials used across General Atomics, this lab is onshoring nuclear-grade SiC fiber, innovating SiC foam and promoting collaboration to accelerate CMC production and commercialization.
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Roundhouse Surf develops, tests BioFibix nonwoven flax composites in surfboard prototypes
SNAPSHOT: Two Hypermat-focused surfboards with different construction methods and tested in real conditions provide valuable performance, integration feedback to BioFibix.
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Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor is formally designated the MV-75 Cheyenne II
Army-chosen future long range assault aircraft (FLRAA) takes on Bell Textron’s V-280 Valor technology demonstrator aircraft design, comprising CFRP propellers, wings and airframe.
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