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The latest from across composites and advanced materials — companies, contracts, technology, policy and people. Updated as it happens.

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Energy Composites

DITF Advances Recycling of Wind Turbine Blades into New Composite Reinforcements

Joby Aviation plans to acquire defense technology company Resonant to expand its capabilities in RF systems, aircraft modification, advanced composites, and large-scale defense manufacturing. The transaction would create approximately 1 million square feet of manufacturing, integration, and testing space across the Dayton, Ohio region.

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Aerospace & Defense

Joby Aviation to Acquire Resonant to Expand Defense and Composite Manufacturing

Joby Aviation plans to acquire defense technology company Resonant to expand its capabilities in RF systems, aircraft modification, advanced composites, and large-scale defense manufacturing. The transaction would create approximately 1 million square feet of manufacturing, integration, and testing space across the Dayton, Ohio region.

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Composites

AGY’s S2 Glass Fiber Reinforces Terra Supreme’s New Composite Battery Grids

AGY’s S2 Glass fiber is reinforcing composite grids in Terra Supreme Battery’s new Group 31 bipolar lead-acid batteries for improved durability and cycle life.

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Aerospace & Defense

Heart Aerospace Flies World’s Largest Battery-Electric Aircraft with Composite Airframe

Heart Aerospace has completed the first flight of its X1 demonstrator, the world’s largest battery-electric aircraft, featuring a composite fuselage and wing.

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Mobility

Haddy Advances 3D-Printed Boat Manufacturing for Unmanned Maritime Applications

Haddy has demonstrated rapid 3D-printed boat production for unmanned maritime applications, highlighting the potential of additive manufacturing to accelerate vessel development.

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Aerospace & Defense

Infinite Composites Secures $2.9 Million NASA CLPS-Related Contract for Lunar Lander Propellant Tanks

Infinite Composites has secured a $2.9 million NASA CLPS-related subcontract to develop cryogenic propellant tanks for a lunar lander.

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Composites

Lockheed Martin and Albany Engineered Composites Partner to Scale Hypersonic Production

Lockheed Martin and Albany Engineered Composites have partnered to scale advanced composite production for U.S. hypersonic programs.

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Others

Dassault Falcon 10X Completes Maiden Flight Ahead of Certification Campaign

Dassault Aviation has successfully completed the maiden flight of its Falcon 10X, marking the beginning of the aircraft's flight-test and certification campaign for the company's next-generation ultra-long-range business jet, which features a newly developed fully composite wing.

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Others

SABIC Launches PCR-Based Carbon Fiber Compound for Circular Consumer Electronics Applications

SABIC has expanded its portfolio of sustainable engineering thermoplastics with the introduction of a new LNP ELCRIN compound incorporating 75% post-consumer recycled (PCR) content, its first carbon fiber-reinforced specialty compound based on recycled feedstock, achieving a UL94 V0 flame-retardant rating at a wall thickness of 0.8 mm.

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Others

Helix and Zoerkler Develop Compact Electric Propulsion Unit for Next-Generation eVTOL Aircraft

Helix, a UK-based developer of high-performance electric propulsion systems, has partnered with Austrian transmission specialist Zoerkler to develop a compact electric propulsion unit (EPU) for next-generation electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, approximately 50% smaller in diameter than a comparable direct-drive system.

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Composites

Cetim Demonstrates 1,675-Bar Thermoplastic Composite Hydrogen Tank Under ARHYSTOTE Project

French engineering and research organization Cetim has achieved a major milestone in high-pressure hydrogen storage, successfully validating a thermoplastic composite tank capable of withstanding pressures of up to 1,675 bar under the ARHYSTOTE project. The demonstration involved a 62-litre hydrogen storage vessel with a total system weight of 43 kilograms, achieving a gravimetric efficiency of 5.7%.

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Others

UniSQ Advances Composite Navigation Infrastructure for Queensland Maritime Network

Researchers from the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) are supporting the deployment and assessment of an advanced fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) navigation structure at Cleveland, demonstrating the potential of composite materials to modernize maritime infrastructure and potentially reduce annual maintenance expenditure by as much as $4 million.

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