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.

New Composite Material Could Reduce Impact of Aircraft and Vehicle Crashes

At the 2016 Farnborough International Air Show, British defense company QinetiQ unveiled a material – a Shape Memory Alloy (SMA), woven into a carbon fiber reinforced polymer – which it says can help...

Three Parts of F-35 Will be Made Entirely with Composites

Northrop Grumman Corporation, a major developer and producer of the U.S. Military’s F-35 weapons system, selected Tulsa-based company NORDAM to manufacture major structural components for the F-35 center...

Diamond Aircraft’s All-Carbon Fiber Aircraft Takes First Flight

Austria-based Diamond Aircraft’s Diamond Aircraft Reconnaissance Trainer-450 (DART-450), which the company claims is the world’s first all-carbon fiber aircraft, took off for its first flight last week....

Futuristic Army Aircraft with Composites Could Replace Black Hawk

The United States Department of Defense’s Future Vertical Lift Program has been working to develop a new generation of improved vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft for the U.S. Armed Forces. The...

DARPA Unveils Sea Hunter – A Robotic, Autonomous Warship Featuring Composites

The U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) unveiled the Sea Hunter – a robotic, autonomous war ship being tested for the Navy that features a composite hull and a...

India Unveils Country’s First Indigenous Sonar Dome made with Composites

At Defexpo India 2016, India’s conference for defense products and technologies, India Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar unveiled the country’s first indigenous sonar dome made with composites. India...