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| Qinetiq’s Zephyr Solar Powered Unmanned Aircraft Soars To New World Records |
QinetiQ successfully landed Zephyr, its solar powered high-altitude long endurance (HALE) Unmanned Air System (UAS) after 14 days (336 hours) and 21 minutes flying over Arizona, and is now awaiting official confirmation of its world record status. |
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| Goodrich, Lockheed Martin, and Fokker to Develop F-35 Composite Landing Gear |
Goodrich Corporation signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to design and develop polymer matrix composite (PMC) landing gear drag braces for the F-35 Lightning II. |
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| Airbus Concept Plane Offers Glimpse into the Future of Flight |
Air passengers gained a glimpse into the future of flight as aircraft manufacturer Airbus unveiled its Concept Plane at the Farnborough International Airshow. |
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| Boeing 787 Dreamliner Makes International Debut |
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner made its international debut in support of the Farnborough International Airshow. |
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| Goodrich Begins Qualification Testing of C-130 Carbon Brakes |
Goodrich has begun qualification activities for the U.S. Air Force to upgrade the service's C-130 transport fleet with new boltless wheels and carbon brakes. |
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| Alafco Opts for the A350-900 |
| Alafco, the Kuwait-based international Aviation Lease and Finance Company, has converted its existing firm order for 12 Airbus A350-800s placed in 2007, into the higher capacity A350 -900 model. |
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| Alcan Global Aerospace launches Airware |
| Alcan Global Aerospace, Transportation and Industry (Alcan Global ATI), has launched Airware high-performance low density aluminium alloys for aircraft primary structures, in response to the recent increased use of carbon fibre. |
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| VSS Enterprise Makes First Crewed Flight |
15th July was a significant milestone for Scaled Composites as the team march towards the first solo flights of VSS Enterprise (SpaceShipTwo). |
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| ATK Delivers First Shipments of Composite Components for A350 XWB |
| Alliant Techsystems ( ATK) has shipped the first deliverables on the A350 XWB (Xtra Wide Body) program, including stringers for three different sections of the aircraft fuselage. |
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| Pultruded SuperStructural Profiles to Support Solar Panels |
Creative Pultrusions has worked closely with Flexera and Imco Reinforced Plastics to produce a pultruded structure to support solar panels on the roof of the Go fish Restaurant located in downtown Rehoboth, Delaware. |
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| NanoRidge MaterialsSigns Contract for New Defence Armour |
| NanoRidge Materials has partnered with Riley Solutions to manufacture and supply specialised nanotechnology enhanced armour for the US Department of Defense. |
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| Sigma-Aldrich Expands Offering of Carbon Nanotube Line |
| Sigma-Aldrich Materials Science is expanding its offering of SouthWest NanoTechnologies (SWeNT) carbon nanotubes (CNTs), to include SWeNT SMW100 Specialty Multi-Wall CNT and CG200 single wall, large diameter CNT. |
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| TRFA Announces Winner of Excellence in Thermoset Polymer Research Award |
| Krishna C. Etika of Texas A & M University's College of Engineering is the winner of the Thermoset Resin Formulators Association's (TRFA) first Excellence in Thermoset Polymer Research Award. |
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| Plataine Launches On-Demand Web-Based Nesting Service |
| Plataine, the provider of production optimization solutions for manufacturers of textile, wood, metal and composite fabric cutting industries, has released the beta version of MarkerMaker.com. |
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| Matrix Composites to Expand Operations |
Matrix Composites, the Henderson, Kentucky based manufacturer of woven and knitted fibreglass reinforcements, will expand its operations. |
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| Solvay Partners With Entegris on New Carbon Nanotube PEEK Products |
Solvay Advanced Polymers is partnering with Entegris Inc.'s Tego Polymers unit to develop and market advanced carbon nanotube-enhanced PEEK products suited for a range of emerging applications in the medical, aerospace, automotive, and oil and gas industries. |
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| Bombardier Builds First Manufacturing Validation Unit for Learjet 85 Aircraft |
Bombardier Aerospace has reached another significant Learjet 85 aircraft program milestone, having successfully built the first all-composite manufacturing validation unit (MVU) for the aircraft’s pressure fuselage section. |
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| Lamborghini Opens Composites Centre |
Lamborghini has opened a state-of-the-art Advanced Composites Research Center (ACRC) in Sant'Agata Bolognese to design, produce, and research new automotive composite materials. |
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| Restart of New Carbon Fibre Plant Construction |
| Mitsubishi Rayon (MRC) has resumed construction of new carbon fibre plant to be operational from the second quarter of 2011. MRC previously suspended the construction in March 2009 in response to global economic conditions and the corresponding downturn in carbon fibre markets. |
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| Feature: Crystic Intumescent Topcoat Helps Wright Composites Make Tougher Fire Rated Bus Parts |
Wright Composites, part of the Wright Group, located in Galgorm, Ballymena, Northern Ireland, manufactures a range of passenger vehicle FRP parts to demanding quality standards, mechanical performance levels and stringent fire resistance specifications. |
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