Quickstep Signs British Development Agreement
Sunday July 25, 2004
Quickstep Technologies has signed a development agreement with the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. The University will test Quickstep's manufacturing process and will be the first Quickstep ... Read More
GKN Invests in East Cowes Facility
Sunday July 25, 2004
GKN Aerospace has decided to fund a facility expansion at its East Cowes, UK site, in preference to its operations in the United States and other parts of the UK. ... Read More
Defense Bill Funds Naval Composites
Sunday July 25, 2004
The FY 2005 U.S. Defense Appropriations bill includes $1 million (USD) for the development of composites for naval applications. The Structural Reliability of Fiber-Reinforced-Polymer (FRP) Composites in Ship Assemblies program ... Read More
Boeing and Airbus Argue Over Subsidies
Sunday July 18, 2004
As the Farnborough Air Show approaches, Boeing and Airbus continue to trade jabs about their new aircraft. In addition to potential weight problems on the A380 and concerns over the ... Read More
Airbus A380 Faces Weight Problems
Sunday July 18, 2004
Just six months from the start of test flights, and less than a year before its first scheduled public flight, the Airbus A380 is still overweight by as much as ... Read More
Tutorial / Workshop on Polymer Nanocomposites
Thursday July 15, 2004
The Composites Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) is offering a one-day workshop titled Compounding and Molding of Multifunctional Polymer Nanocomposites at Michigan State University in East Lansing, ... Read More
Stanton Advanced Ceramics Receives Investment
Saturday July 10, 2004
JumpStart Inc., an entrepreneurial development and funding organization, has made an investment in Stanton Advanced Ceramics LLC and is providing additional business development services. Stanton Advanced Ceramics has developed ... Read More
Goodrich Developing Composite Mortar Barrels
Saturday July 10, 2004
The U.S. Army Picatinny Arsenal has awarded Goodrich Corporation a contract for the development of mortar barrel segments incorporating the FyreRoc composite material system. FyreRoc composites can be used at ... Read More
ATK Composites Receives Nadcap Accreditation
Saturday July 10, 2004
ATK is the first advanced composite company in the aerospace industry to gain accreditation from the National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (Nadcap). It received accreditation only after a ... Read More
Airbus Claims Boeing Rushed Composites into 7E7
Sunday July 4, 2004
Airbus engineers are claiming Boeing has rushed the development of the 7E7 Dreamliner. In particular, they say composite technology is not mature enough to build an all-composite fuselage. But the ... Read More
Columbia Debris Adds to Re-Entry Research
Sunday July 4, 2004
NASA is lending pieces of the space shuttle Columbia to The Aerospace Corp., for use in materials research. Aerospace will use the carbon/epoxy composite pieces to calibrate analytical models for ... Read More
SAMPE Announces 2004-2005 Cabinet Officers
Sunday July 4, 2004
At their annual spring SAMPE Board of Directors Meeting on May 17, 2004 during the SAMPE 2004 Symposium and Exhibition in Long Beach, California, the SAMPE International Executive Cabinet election ... Read More