Aerospace

Rising fuel costs, environmental regulations and an increase in airline traffic have helped drive the increasing use of composite materials in the aerospace industry. Composites are used in military, business and commercial aircraft of all sizes, including spacecraft.

SpaceX Moon Mission will Feature Falcon Heavy Rocket made with Composites

Last week, SpaceX announced it has been approached to fly two private citizens on a trip around the moon in 2018. According to the company, the mission will use SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, a spacecraft...

Moving Outside the Autoclave Box

Parts produced out-of-autoclave supply aerospace, automotive and industrial markets. Quality was the big driver when aerospace manufacturers began incorporating composite parts into their aircraft 25 years...

SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket from Historic NASA Launch Pad

Yesterday, SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39A in Cape Canaveral, Fla., where NASA once sent astronauts to the moon for the famous Apollo missions. The launch marks...

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Boeing Debuts 787-10 Dreamliner During Trump Visit

On Friday, Boeing’s 787-10 Dreamliner, the third member of the 787 Dreamliner family, made its debut at Boeing’s plant in South Carolina. Thousands of employees at the North Charleston, S.C. site...

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World’s First Flying Vehicles are Being Made with Composites

All over the world, a handful of companies are creating what many have called the first wave of “real” flying vehicles. According to sources, many of these vehicles may be market-ready sooner than you...

Boeing Space Taxi will Feature 600 3-D Printed Parts

Boeing has hired Oxford Performance Materials, Inc. (OPM), a leader in advanced materials science and high-performance additive manufacturing (HPAM™), to make about 600 3-D printed parts for its CST-100...