A Chinese research team has flight-tested a tilt-rotor drone built partly from bamboo fibers, reporting a weight reduction of more than 20% compared to an equivalent carbon-fiber design. According to ...

UAVFACTORY LTD. specializes in unmanned composite airframe development and manufacturing. Our mission is – to bring to the marketplace the most comprehensive composite airframe. Our airframes are the ...

GKN Aerospace has successfully concluded a composite manufacturing and assembly research programme using of out of autoclave (OOA) processes and materials and PI shaped woven preforms. These ...

Park Aerospace activity within the NYSE Composite reflects composite materials demand, aerospace manufacturing trends, ...

TOULOUSE—As Airbus and Boeing may launch new programs in the coming years, aerostructure supplier Latecoere is conducting research and technology for higher-performance, faster-manufacturing composite ...

Hill Helicopter’s HX50 features a carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) monolage construction with integrated lightning strike protection (LSP) and aerodynamic fairing. Source (All Images) | Hill ...

Included in the test was a novel energy absorbing sub-floor beam designed and manufactured under the CRC-ACS research program. Within CRC-ACS Project 2.1 – Systems for Crashworthiness, design tools ...

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.