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.

Tokyo’s First-Ever Homemade Stealth Jet Features Composites

Japan has unveiled its Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Advanced Technology Demonstrator – Experimental (ATD-X) fifth-generation fighter technology demonstrator, known as the X-2. The jet is Japan’s first...

Multifunctional Composites

Versatile materials add functions and expand possibilities. Industrial designers and engineers value composite materials primarily for structural properties such as light weight, stiffness and high strength....

Composite Center Fuselage for First F-35 Aircraft in Japan Completed

Northrop Grumman recently announced it has completed the center fuselage for the first F-35 Lightning II aircraft to be assembled in Japan's F-35 Final Assembly and Checkout (FACO) facility in Nagoya, Japan....

Air Force Wants Composites to Replace Titanium in Military Aircraft

According to a recent press release from Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, the Air Force Small Business Innovation/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) has provided PROOF Research’s Advanced Composites...

Fiberglass Armor with Printed Electronic Antenna Completed

Applied Nanotech, Inc. (ANI), in collaboration with Armortex, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville and Villanova University, has tested and completed fiberglass ballistic and blast-resistant armor panels...

Virginia Tech Students Makes Ant Vehicle for Disaster Relief Efforts

Students at Virginia Tech, led by Dr. Christopher Williams of the Design, Research and Education for Additive Manufacturing Systems (DREAMS) Lab, have worked with the U.S. Military to create a prototype for a...