Military

Military-grade composites are used in a number of applications for their low weight, long life and ability to help protect people and equipment from harm. Aerial drones, armored fighting vehicles, submarines and body armor can contain composites materials.

Owens Corning Donates Fiberglass Composites to Pearl Harbor Restoration Project

Owens Corning and the Concrete Preservation Institute (CPI) have announced an agreement through which Owens Corning and its Foundation will support CPI’s Career Skills Program at Pearl Harbor. This program...

GM Introduces Chevrolet Colorado ZH2 Military Vehicle

One of the main attractions from SEMA 2016 in Las Vegas and the 2016 Army of the USA (AUSA) conference in Washington, D.C., has been GM’s hydrogen fuel-cell powered military truck – the Chevrolet Colorado...

Rolls-Royce Composite Vessels Enter Service in Qatar Coast Guard

The Qatar Coast Guard has received three composite hull boats powered and propelled by MTU high-speed engines and Rolls-Royce waterjets. The vessels, two Ares 75 ship and one Ares 110 Hercules ship, were the...

U.S. Army to Refurbish Shelters with Carbon Fiber Composites

In order to address stability, transportation and energy issues with rigid wall shelters, the U.S. Army’s Medical Support Systems Program Management Office (MSS PMO) will use a carbon composite retrofit kit...

DARPA Debuts Unmanned Sea Vessel

During the next two years, the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will perform open-water testing of an unmanned surface vessel at Naval Base Point Loma in San...

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New Composite Material Could Provide “Second Skin” for Soldiers

A team of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, Calif.) scientists has created a novel carbon nanotube (CNT) composite material that makes uniforms breathable and could protect soldiers from...