Carbon Fiber Skin Being Developed to Protect Stealth Aircraft

Stealth fighter jets for use by the U.S. Air Force can cost up to $100 million, and it costs up to $10 million to train a stealth fighter jet pilot. It’s […]

Composite Materials Give Summer Olympians and Paralympians a Competitive Edge

The Olympic motto – Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter in Latin and Higher, Stronger, Faster – Together in English, has historically applied to the performance of the Olympic and Paralympic […]

Carbon Fiber Prepregs Used in Lightweight Camera Drone

A team of six students in the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria’s lightweight construction and composite materials course worked with eight industrial partners to design and build a camera drone over an 18-month […]

NASA Developing an Advanced Composite Solar Sail System for Future Space Missions

A team at NASA’s Langley Research Center, with partners from NASA Ames Research Center, NanoAvionics, and Santa Clara University’s Robotics Systems Lab, is developing a deployable lightweight composite boom and solar sail system for the Advanced […]

Clean Sky’s SHERLOC Program Using Integrated Sensors to Monitor Composites

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) has many potential benefits for the aviation industry, including that it is non-destructive testing that could improve damage detection in composite structures, add safety to commercial aircraft, and based on the use […]

Lightweight Motorcycle Helmet Developed with Fiber-Reinforced Composites

The team at Helicoid Industries saw the need for a lighter, stronger motorcycle helmet to enhance safety and performance for both consumer riders and competitive racers. The lighter helmet lowers […]

Sustainable Composites Used to Manufacture Wheelchair Seat Pan Concept

Motivation is a global disability charity that provides wheelchairs, training, and services to disabled people in low- and middle-income countries. More than 75 million people worldwide need a wheelchair, and […]

Lockheed Martin and GM Extending Lunar Exploration with Autonomous Moon Rovers

Lockheed Martin and General Motors are working together to develop lunar rovers to allow Artemis astronauts to explore the 95% of the Moon’s surface that has as of yet been […]

GE Developing Controls to Support 12 MW Offshore Wind Turbines

Partnering with Glosten, a design and consulting firm in the marine industry, and PelaStar, developer of the tension-leg platform floating wind turbine foundation, GE is designing and developing controls to […]

Electric Scooter 3D Printed of Continuous Carbon Fiber Thermoplastic Composite

Using Arevo’s continuous industrial grade thermoplastic carbon fiber composite materials, Branch Creative designed the Scotsman electric scooter with both urban commuters and recreational riders in mind. Thanks to the composite […]