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.

Boeing, ELG Carbon Fibre Find New Life for Airplane Structure Material in Groundbreaking Partnership

First-agreement of its kind will repurpose aerospace-grade composite material for making laptop cases, car parts and other products Partnership will reduce solid waste by more than one million pounds a...

Boeing and Thermwood Partnership to Demonstrate New 3D Printing Technology

Boeing and Thermwood Corporation have employed additive manufacturing technology to produce a large, single-piece tool for the 777X program. The project is demonstrating that additive manufacturing is ready...

Hexcel Officially Opens New Plant in France to Meet Growing Demand for Advanced Composites

Hexcel has officially opened its new plant at the Les Roches-Roussillon Chemicals Industry Platform in Isère, France. Attending the event were Muriel Pénicaud, French Labor Minister, Yannick Neuder,...

Lockheed Martin Has Entered a Two-Year $5.8 Million Contract with the U.S. Department of Defense

Lockheed Martin has entered a two-year $5.8 million contract with the U.S. Department of Defense. Lockheed Martin, a Maryland-based aerospace and defense company, and the U.S. Department of Defense’s...

Airbus Partners with Amsilk on Synthetic Spider Silk Technology

Incredibly strong, lightweight and flexible, spider silk is a true natural wonder – that can now be recreated for industrial use. Together with leading biotech company AMSilk, Airbus aims to use artificial...

Hexcel Has Released Its Acousti-Cap Broadband Sound-Reducing Honeycomb

Because aircraft engine noise contributes to environmental noise around airports and populated cities, the aerospace industry has been working on new aircraft designs that will emit less noise, so they can...