Researchers at the National Institute of Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University have developed a dual-robot ...

“Self-responsive” nanomaterial-based composites AMRC’s Matthew Collinson (top photo) inspects a composite demonstrator component incorporating carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and copper contacts to enable ...

According to MarketsandMarkets, the report "Aerospace & Defense Core Materials Market by Type (Foam, Balsa, and Honeycomb), Application (Airframe Manufacturers, Aerostructures Manufacturers, Research ...

ATK: Alliant Techsystems has delivered a technological first to NASA: a full-scale, crew module structure made of composite materials. The Composite Crew Module (CCM) is a unique capsule design that ...

CompoTech has been awarded funding under the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Innovation Vouchers – Call IV programme ...

Initiatives such as the Shift2Rail European programme are encouraging research into innovative rail product solutions with the aim of doubling the capacity of the European rail system, increasing its ...

Composite materials are used to make cars, planes and boats, and have been used to build minesweepers and small surface combatants. Now, the largest composite structure ever built—the DDG 1000 ...

Laminated fiber-reinforced composite materials are being used in more and more engineering applications. These materials have excellent strength-to-weight ratios and the manufacturing processes that ...

The performance of the final product depends heavily on the degree of cure - making it critical to ensure that the reaction goes to completion for the highest quality and reliability. Achieving this ...