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.

California Startup Natilus Could Change Shipping Industry with Composite Drones

Natilus, Inc., a California Bay Area-based startup company, is developing large, autonomous carbon fiber composite drones capable of moving freight across the Pacific Ocean at costs cheaper than conventional...

Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner Completes Successful First Flight

On Friday, the long-awaited Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner took off for the first time. The 787-10 is the latest and biggest member of the Boeing 787 family of commercial aircraft, and according to Airframer.com,...

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This Fiberglass Drone Can Survive Almost Any Crash

Researchers at the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) and the Floreano Lab at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) have creative a flexible drone that recoils during...

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Airbus and Italdesign Unveil Autonomous Flying Car Concept in Geneva

During the 2017 Geneva International Motor Show, Airbus and design and engineering company Italdesign unveiled an autonomous flying car concept called Pop.Up. Airbus calls it the first modular, fully electric,...

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...