Aerospace

SFS Intec GmbH Aircraft Components is working with TxV Aero Composites to manufacture cheap, lightweight aircraft storage-bin brackets from reinforced thermoplastics using a hybrid overmoulding pro

A carbon fibre-reinforced bismaleimide (BMI) prepreg that is resistant to high temperatures and impacts has been developed by Teijin for the production of parts for aerospace engines.  

Over the past 18 months, Layer Design has been working with Airbus on the development of the Move seating concept, designed to improve the comfort of economy-class passengers on short-haul flights

Teijin Ltd has agreed to acquire US manufacturer and supplier of highly heat-resistant thermoset prepregs for the aerospace industry Renegade Materials Corp.

A US development programme has yielded what is believed to be the largest autoclave-capable tool to be produced using additive manufacturing. 

Teijin Ltd’s carbon fibre (Tenax) and unidirectional carbon fibre-reinforced thermoplastic prepreg tape (Tenax TPUD) have been registered on Boeing's qualified products list.

Bombardier Aerostructures and Engineering Services has awarded a contract extension to Teijin Ltd for the supply of carbon fibre until 2025.

Laced mesh fabric-like structures for use in space applications are disclosed by the California Institute of Technology of Pasadena, California, USA.

Following many years of cooperation on the development of composite doors for Airbus Group, the helicopter manufacturer Airbus Helicopters Germany and SGL Carbon are intensifying their partnership.

GKN Aerospace is to open a £32-million research and development (R&D) centre in Bristol, UK, to accelerate the adoption of digital technologies for the manufacture of aircraft.

Boeing and ELG Carbon Fibre are working together to recycle waste aerospace-grade carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) so that it can be used by other companies to make products such as electroni

Researchers at the Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU Research School of High Energy Physics in Russia are combining multiple methods to create an advanced flaw detection system for complex and larg

Software that will help manufacturers better understand the effects of electromagnetic interference (EMI) on composite electrical aircraft (CEAs) are being developed through a European Union (EU) a

A lightweight and efficient heating system based on multilayer webs of highly aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) could be used to prevent ice from building-up on aircraft.  

Carbon fibre-reinforced plastics (CFRPs) that are able to provide data on their own structural integrity are being developed by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, USA

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is aiming to scale-up its use of carbon nanotube (CNT)-strengthened composites through a number of projects.

Carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) structural batteries – which carry mechanical load and store electrical energy – are being developed by researchers at Chalmers University in ‎Gothenburg, Swe

A flameproof woven fabric for aircraft seats has been developed by Greiner Aerospace.

AMSilk of Planegg, Germany, is to develop composites reinforced with its artificial silk fibre and is working with Airbus of Toulouse, France, to explore the materials' potential for aerospace appl

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) of Preston, UK, unveiled the world’s first graphene-skinned unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the Farnborough Air Show 2018 in the UK on 16–22 J

July was a busy month for Solvay of Brussels, Belgium, with the company signing extensions to contracts for the supply of its composites with Airbus, Spirit AeroSystems and Safran.

Filament winding equipment from Roth Composite Machinery of Steffenberg, Germany, is being used by Avio of Colleferro, Italy, to manufacture the carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) booster cases

Hexcel of Stamford, Connecticut, USA,  has formed a joint venture with Chinese aerospace parts manufacturer Future Aerospace of  Sichuan Sheng to establish a materials testing laboratory in China.

UK cabling specialist Rockford of Rendlesham is working with French composites manufacturer Equip’Aero Technique of L'isle-Jourdain to electrify composites for use in aircraft interiors.

An out-of-autoclave production process that could dramatically reduce the time and energy required for the manufacture of large carbon fibre-reinforced (CFRP) parts has been developed in Japan.

New aircraft seats developed jointly by Adient, a specialist in automotive seats, and Boeing, a leading aerospace company, will be shown at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany,

Kaneka Corp, via its wholly owned subsidiary, Kaneka Aerospace (KAE), has acquired the commercial rights, technologies and patents of Henkel's benzoxazine-based high performance composites business

Boeing’s composites-intensive 787-10 Dreamliner has been cleared for commercial service by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

The development, manufacture and sales of aircraft seats will be the primary business of a newly founded joint venture between Boeing, one of the world’s leading aerospace companies, and Adient, a

Mechanically bonded hybrid metal and reinforced thermoset components are to be developed as the result of a joint development agreement between Sumitomo Bakelite Co Ltd of Tokyo, Japan, and GRIP Me

Solvay of Brussels, Belgium, and Strata of Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), have formalized their joint venture (JV) to supply Boeing with advanced composite materials from a facility to be built

Solvay of Brussels, Belgium, has acquired German producer of high-quality precursor for large-tow (50k) polyacrylonitrile (PAN) carbon fibres European Carbon Fiber GmbH (ECF) of Kelheim.

Personnel and processing equipment are being installed at GE Aviation’s factory complex in Huntsville, Alabama—the first in the USA to be mass-producing silicon carbide (SiC) materials for the manu

Boeing and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have agreed efforts to reduce the costs involved in MHI's production of wings for the 787 Dreamliner. 

Hexcel is launching a UK Government-backed £7.4-million research and development project on multiaxial fabrics for composites and is expanding its manufacturing facility in Narborough, UK. 

Diab Americas of Desoto, Texas, USA, has invested in additional stabilization chambers to support the growing need for its Divinycell HT and Divinycell HP foam cores.

A quick and accurate inspection method for composite components has been developed by FACC of Ried, Austria, and the Upper Austrian University of Applied Sciences and the Higher Technical College (

Technical textiles and thermoplastics specialist Porcher Industries has been working with STELIA Aerospace on its recent Arches Box TP research project. 

Solvay Composite Materials of Heanor, UK, and GKN Aerospace’s Fokker business of Hoogeveen, The Netherlands, are teaming-up to promote and accelerate the adoption of thermoplastic composites for ae

Web Industries has opened a thermoplastics development centre its Composites Center of Excellence in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where its CAD Cut division has also just opened a ply cutting and kitting

Surface Generation of Rutland, UK, has completed delivery of its largest ever PtFS system to advanced composites manufacturer Quatro Composites of Poway, California, USA.

Computer modelling analysis undertaken by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has shown that the use of composites reinforced with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) could lead to a 30

Woven metallic fabrics for use in space are being developed by engineers at the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, USA.

A £200 000 grant to develop machinery for the manufacture of lighter, stronger composites for the international aerospace market has been awarded to Cygnet Texkimp.

Carbon fibre textile manufacturer Sigmatex of Runcorn, UK, has signed a supplier agreement with Embraer of São Paulo, Brazil. 

Porcher Industries and Airbus Helicopters have worked together to develop a carbon fibre-reinforced polyetheretherketone (PEEK) rotor hub—the first of its kind.

GE Aviation reports that the amount of ceramic matrix composite (CMC) raw material it will use in 2017 will be approximately 20 times greater than it used in 2007.

Victrex and Tri-Mack Plastics Manufacturing Corp have established a joint venture, TxV Aero Composites, to accelerate the commercial adoption of polyketone composites by the aerospace industry.