US defence technology company Edo is pressure-testing a prototype composite engine-inlet duct. The duct was manufactured using vacuum-assisted resin transfer moulding (CRTM) and a braiding process ...

Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Space Systems and Dream Chaser program partner, Lockheed Martin unveiled the Dream Chaser orbital spacecraft composite airframe. This structure will be used to ...

Composite materials are widely used in the E20 airframe. In order to ensure structural reliability, the composite materials structure and the design strength were verified through full-scale tests.

Under the Design for Manufacture of Attritable Aircraft Primary Structure (DMAAPS) program, an Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate team of researchers and engineers tested a ...

Lockheed Martin is to modify a Dornier 328Jet regional aircraft to demonstrate advanced composite airframe technology for a future tactical airlifter. The company has been selected over Aurora Flight ...

OUTCOME has tested and validated the successful use of a PEEK thermoplastic composite in a wingbox cover for a regional aircraft. Using thermoplastic composites simplifies processing while delivering ...