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 […]

Toyota and Clemson Unveil Next-Generation Concept Vehicle

At the 2016 SAE World Congress in Detroit, Toyota and Clemson University unveiled “uBox” – an urban utility, futuristic concept vehicle made with composites. The uBox was the result of […]

Researchers Creating Flexible Shelter with Robotically Wound CFRP

Four researchers from different universities collaborated to create rolyPOLY – a unique flexible shelter produced by robotic winding of carbon fibers. The 20-pound, single-occupant CFRP prototype is seen as an […]

BASF Helps Produce World’s First Automotive Roof Frame Made with Natural Fiber

International Automotive Components Group (IAC), a global leading supplier to the automobile industry, used BASF’s Acrodur® 950 L binder to develop the world’s first automotive roof frame, dubbed the “FiberFrame,” […]

New River Thames Bridge Made with Fiber Reinforced Polymer

The UK Environment Agency commissioned ECS Engineering Services to replace its aging bridge at its site at Mapledurham on the River Thames, and design, supply and install a new bridge. […]

NREL Captures Waste Heat with Carbon Nanotubes

Researchers at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have demonstrated that carbon nanotubes have the potential to act as a thermoelectric power generator that captures and uses waste […]

Inspection Tool for Airbus Composite Airframe in High Demand

According to Airbus, an easy-to-use testing tool, known as the “Line Tool,” for inspecting the composite airframe of the aircraft manufacturer’s A350 XWB jetliner, has recently become highly sought after by […]

Carbon Fiber Composites Protect Japanese Building from Earthquakes

Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and manufacturer Komatsu Seiren unveiled “fa-bo,” the manufacturer’s three-floor office building surrounded by hundreds of carbon fibers used to protect it from earthquakes. Japan Trends reported […]

Solar Impulse Team to Continue World Flight in April

Recently, the team behind Solar Impulse (Si2), the single-seater carbon fiber plane which is attempting to make history by flying around the world only with solar energy, announced its intent […]

Egypt to Build Underwater Museum with Fiberglass Tunnels

Recently, Egypt’s minister of antiquities, Mamdouh al-Damaty, announced plans to move forward with an underwater museum project in the Eastern Harbor area of Alexandria’s Abu Qir Bay. The museum, which […]