Category: Industry Digest

The Ford GT is America’s only LeMans winning supercar. As the GT enters the final year of production, the 2022 Ford GT Heritage Edition is designed as an updated interpretation of the 1964...

The latest innovation from Teijin Aramid’s long relationship with premium motorsport safety equipment producer OMP Racing is a custom-made protective motor racing suit designed for Envision Virgin Racing. Using Teijinconex™ neo fibers, the suit offers drivers outstanding light weight protection. Electric vehicles run on...

The new MAE Museum in Piacenza, Italy, developed for carbon fiber specialist MAE, is an exhibition space dedicated to carbon fiber. Designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and architect Italo Rota, a considerable portion of the museum will also be...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...