The official book launch and the presentation to the public will take place during JEC ASIA Composites Show & Conferences, on Wednesday June 26, at the Suntec Center in Singapore.
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ITT Exelis has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract from Lockheed Martin to fabricate composite blade seal components for all variants of the F-35 Lightning II program. This award will support production for LRIP 6 and 7 through 2015. Production of the blade seals will take place at the new Exelis composite design and manufacturing center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Spirit AeroSystems today announced it has been working with Spintech Ventures, of Xenia, Ohio, to develop a new reconfigurable tooling technology for manufacturing complex composite aircraft structures. The solution uses re-formable, reusable mandrels to form complex, highly integrated composite structures, with features that are not possible with traditional tools.
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Today at the Paris Air Show in France the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Henk Kamp, is signing a letter of intent (LOI) for the proposed extension of the Thermoplastic Affordable Primary Aircraft Structure consor...
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Molded Fiber Glass Southeast, was ISO 9001:2008 re-certified late May 2013for conforming to the universal quality management systems of International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
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ATK announced the award of a contract valued at more than $50 million from Rolls-Royce plc, United Kingdom, to produce aft fan composite cases for the new Trent XWB-97 engine. The contract has the potential to grow to more than $200 million. This Rolls-Royce engine is the sole engine now available to power the Airbus A350-1000 aircraft variant.
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The Altair Partner Alliance today announced the addition of its sixth composites partner, AlphaSTAR Corporation (ASC). HyperWorks users can now access its multi-scale progressive failure analysis (MS-PFA) software, GENOA, as well as the Material Characterization and Qualifications (MCQ) Composites Suite. GENOA and MCQ are applicable in many industries, including aerospace, automotive, wind energy and sporting goods.
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Northrop Grumman Corporation's supplier in Israel – Elbit Systems-Cyclone – delivered its first advanced composite component for the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter center fuselage produced by Northrop Grumman. This delivery is a significant milestone for the F-35 program, as it is the first composite part manufactured by a country committed to purchasing future F-35s under the U.S. foreign military sales agreement.
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Rice University researchers have for the first time detailed the molecular mechanism that makes a particular combination of cement and polymer glue so tough.
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Gurit (Asia Pacific) in Auckland is pleased to announce the re-opening of its composite testing facility, following the company's relocation last year. The facility comprises a dedicated mechanical testing room, wet laboratory and a sample preparation bay, set up and ready to welcome a full range of testing projects.
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