Aerospace Textiles

5th Oct 2021

Kaman Composites recently celebrated the delivery of the 1500th inlet unit for the CH-47 Boeing programme. Chinook CH-47 is among the heaviest lifting helicopters in operation today. Kaman Composites offers a full line of services in composites, ranging from design, prototyping and testing to full production of composite components and assemblies.

4th Oct 2021

Wing of Tomorrow, a major Airbus research and technology programme, has reached a key milestone with the assembly of its first full-size wing prototype. UK’s Airbus designs, manufactures, and delivers commercial aircraft, helicopters, military transports, satellites, and launch vehicles, and provides data services, for customers on a global scale.

13th Sep 2021

Satair, Denmark’s airbus services firm, and FACC, a manufacturer of advanced aircraft components and systems, have signed their first agreement. The multi-year agreement covers the global exclusive distribution of Airspace XL bins (overhead stowage compartments), the entrance area, ceiling panels, and all related spares for the entire A320 aircraft...

31st Aug 2021

Kaneka Aerospace, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kaneka Americas Holding, has announced its partnership with Shanghai Huazheng Composites, to extend its footprint at the growing composites market in China. Kaneka Aerospace is one of the leading manufacturers of specialty high performance composite materials serving a great variety of diverse markets.

27th Aug 2021

Avcorp has announced the signing of a contract extension with Boeing to provide the wheel well fairing assemblies for the Boeing 737MAX. The Canada-based company, Avcorp, designs and builds major airframe structures for some of the leading aircraft companies that include BAE Systems, Boeing, Bombardier, Lockheed Martin, and Subaru Corporation.

25th Aug 2021

Markforged, a leading creator of the integrated metal and carbon fibre additive manufacturing platform, The Digital Forge, has announced that Cabin Management Solutions (CMS), a privately held in-flight cabin management and entertainment systems company headquartered in the US, is utilizing two Markforged X7 industrial carbon fibre 3D printers.

23rd Aug 2021

Gravitilab is collaborating with National Composites Centre (NCC), part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, on development of new composite flight structures for its fleet of suborbital launch vehicles. Composite materials are known for low mass and high strength, the features which make them the ideal solution to optimise Gravitilab’s vehicle...

26th Jul 2021

Qarbon Aerospace has launched the Helios Ice Protection System. The system advances aircraft icing protection technology, overcoming challenges that exist with legacy systems. The US-based firm develops complex composite and metallic structural components and assemblies such as fuselages, wings, flight control surfaces, and engine nacelles and...

22nd Jul 2021

American spacecraft company Lockheed Martin has opened its Spacecraft Test, Assembly and Resource (STAR) Center in Titusville, Florida, US. It features business and digital transformation innovations that will expand manufacturing, assembly and testing capacity for NASA's Orion spacecraft programme and ultimately, future space exploration.