Industry Digest

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Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Lunar Lander is Assembled

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Structure is aptly named for a rare firefly species found in the southwest U.S. and known for their distinctive blue glow. The Blue Ghost lander structure and...

Classic Recreations Used Carbon Fiber to Design the 60th Anniversary Shelby Cobra Race Car

Classic Recreations describes itself as dedicated to meticulously recreating and restoring built-to-order, trophy-winning, track-burning, high-performance cars, and trucks. With the new 60th Anniversary Shelby...

Recyclable Turbine for Aircraft Cooling Systems Developed Using Injection Technology

Clean Sky 2, funded by the European Union, aims to develop cleaner air transport technologies in the shortest time frame possible. The INN-PAEK project, part of Clean Sky 2, hopes to offer more sustainable and...

PHASA-35® HAPS UAS Completes Stratospheric Flight Trial

PHASA-35® is an ultra-lightweight solar-electric High-Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) providing an alternative to conventional sensing and communications systems and is being...

Creative Composites Group’s FRP Panels Used in Restoration of Historic Bridge

Since 1806, the Northampton Street Bridge has connected Easton, Pa. and Phillipsburg, N.J., across the Delaware River. Many repairs and upgrades have been made over the years and recently upgrading the...

Fiberon Wildwood Composite Cladding Features Both Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Fiberon Wildwood Composite Cladding (Fiberon Wildwood) offers architects and designers a variety of natural looking colors and realistic wood textures in the form of sustainably built boards. In fact, Fiberon...