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.

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Eviation Aircraft to Develop All-Electric Commuter Aircraft with Composites

Stratasys, a 3-D printing and additive manufacturing solutions company, announced that Eviation Aircraft, an Israeli manufacturer of all-electric air mobility solutions, is using Stratasys 3-D printing to...

Boom Technology Unveils Design for XB-1 Supersonic Demonstrator

During the 2017 Paris Air Show, Boom Technology unveiled the completed design of the XB-1 Supersonic Demonstrator, the subscale prototype of a composite-intensive, supersonic passenger airliner. When it flies...

Boeing Unveils New Midsize 797 Aircraft and 737 MAX 10

During the 2017 Paris Air Show, Boeing made waves when it unveiled details about its highly-anticipated midsize aircraft, which many in the industry are calling the “797.” The 797 jet would fill a gap...

Composites Will Have Big Presence at 2017 Paris Air Show

More than 100 companies exhibiting at this week’s Paris Air Show (June 19-25 in Le Bourget) are listed on the event’s website as having some form of expertise in composites. And that’s before factoring...

NASA Unveils Rover Concept for 2020 Mission to Mars

Last week, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center unveiled a robotic Mars rover that will launch in 2020 and will land on the planet by 2021. It will spend at least one Mars year (two Earth years) exploring the landing...

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Scaled Composites Completes Test of Stratolaunch, the World’s Largest Composite Aircraft

Mojave, Calif.-based Scaled Composites announced that its Stratolaunch aircraft was towed outside for the first time to begin its ground test phase. The concept of the plane was a product of combined...