Category: Columns

ACMA has launched a new initiative to update how the composites industry is counted. If successful, this initiative will help members quantify our benefit to the country and better...

There are nearly 26,000 aircraft in service worldwide, with aerospace OEMs anticipating more than 40,000 new passenger and cargo aircraft deliveries in the next 20 years. To meet that...

RENCO spent more than a decade on research, development and extensive evaluation and testing to secure IBC and IRC approval on its composite LEGO-like building blocks. RENCO’s proprietary Mineral...

ACMA’s Composites 2024 Washington Fly-In lobbied in support of legislation aimed at helping U.S. manufacturers make training more affordable to workers. One of the priorities we highlighted for House...

SABIC’s BLUEHERO initiative was designed to accelerate the worldwide transition to electric power and support global goals on climate change. As a starting point, BLUEHERO is focused on creating...

Wabash National and Purdue University’s College of Engineering, working with Herrick Labs, debuted the result of a three-year project to harvest power from a trailer’s vibrations – a new...

Flying Whales is designing the LCA60T – a 200-meter-long vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) airship using helium technology to lift its weight and cargo. The airship can transport up...

When using solar sails, traditional heavy propulsion systems are replaced by using the pressure of sunlight. A team at NASA has enhanced the design of the booms for the...

Wing-in Ground (WIG) combines marine and aviation design to utilize Ground Effect (GE) —the energy conserving aerodynamic phenomenon of increased lift and a decrease in the induced drag that...