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The U.S. Army is developing a “third arm” device that can be attached to a soldier’s protective vest to hold a weapon. The purpose of the device is to...

Ukrainian engineer Max Gerbut and his team has created an autonomous, 3-D printed, composite solar powered-house called PassivDom. Gerbut and the PassivDom team claim the 387 square foot house,...

Lausanne, France-based DECISION SA, a composite manufacturer that contributed to the creation many innovative composite creations, including the famous Solar Impulse aircraft, has signed a deal for the delivery...

During the 2017 Geneva International Motor Show, Airbus and design and engineering company Italdesign unveiled an autonomous flying car concept called Pop.Up. Airbus calls it the first modular, fully...

Ford announced it has begun testing 3D printing of large-scale car parts using Stratasys’ Infinite Build 3D printer. Ford is the first automotive company to trial this technology with...

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have laid claim as the first team to 3-D print aerospace-grade carbon fiber composites. The laboratory said it hopes the developments leads...

In mid-February, ACMA held its second annual Infrastructure Day fly-in event in Washington, D.C. Nearly 40 composites company owners and managers headed to Capitol Hill for the three-day event....

Yesterday, SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39A in Cape Canaveral, Fla., where NASA once sent astronauts to the moon for the...

On Friday, Boeing’s 787-10 Dreamliner, the third member of the 787 Dreamliner family, made its debut at Boeing’s plant in South Carolina. Thousands of employees at the North Charleston,...