Composite materials are essential in the aerospace industry. To shape them, autoclaves, high-pressure and high-temperature chambers are traditionally used. But to optimise energy consumption and ...

In parallel to developing new recycling solutions, the r-LightBioCom project is also rethinking how high-performance composites are manufactured, with a strong focus on energy efficiency, ...

Composite airframes were important in defense systems before the Boeing 787 made them a household word. The basics of building even 80-ft.-long single-piece composite wingboxes have been conquered.

Non-autoclave manufacturing process proven viable for making large, reusable fuel tanks The viability of a reusable launch vehicle got a major technological boost recently when Northrop Grumman ...

A milestone has been achieved with the testing of the Clean Sky 2 outer wing box (OWB) full-scale demonstrator which has achieved technology readiness level (TRL) 5, validating its feasibility for ...