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 Successfully Launches First Falcon 9 Rocket since September

On Saturday, SpaceX successfully launched 10 satellites into orbit on one of its Falcon 9 rockets. The company initially planned to launch the rocket on January 8, but that was moved to January 14 due to...

Company Making Personal Jets with Composites Gets Major Investment

European venture firm Atomico, a London-based venture capital firm created by Skype co-founder and former CEO Niklas Zennström, has invested €10 million ($10.7 million) in Lilium Aviation – an electric...

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Training Program Takes Flight

Utah’s aerospace and defense industry is growing, with nearly 950 companies employing more than 31,000 people in the sector in 2015. That’s great news for Utah, but attracting a qualified workforce to...

This Fiberglass Drone Almost Flies Like an Actual Bird

A group of researchers at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland have developed a drone that uses artificial feathers to increase its precision during flight. The feathers are made of...

RISD Designs Carbon Fiber Spacesuit for Future NASA Mars Landing

Staff members and students at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), led by RISD professor Michael Lye, have designed a full-scale, wearable model of a space suit designed to be used on the first NASA Mars...

Boeing Starts Final Assembly of 787-10 Dreamliner

Boeing has begun final assembly of the 787-10 Dreamliner, the latest and biggest member in the Boeing 787 family of commercial aircraft. Two major fuselage sections for the aircraft have been moved to North...