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Sikorsky, Boeing debut future vertical lift dual-rotor design with SB>1 DEFIANT helicopter

2018-12-27

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE:LMT), in Stratford, Connecticut, and Boeing Defense, Space & Security (NYSE:BA) in Berkeley, Missouri, are introducing the SB>1 DEFIANT helicopter designed to fly with advanced agility and maneuverability at twice the speed and range of current conventional helicopters. Jointly developed for the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi-Role technology demonstrator program, the new rotorcraft design is intended to help inform the next generation of military helicopters as part of the U.S. Army's Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program.

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Marvin Test Solutions tailors GX3800e PXI Express FPGA module for test, automation, instrumentation engineering

2018-12-18

Marvin Test Solutions Inc., a global provider of test solutions for aerospace, defense, and manufacturing organizations, in Irvine, California, is introducing its GX3800e High Performance PXI Express field-programmable gate array (FPGA) module, designed to offer engineers the flexibility to develop high-performance, customized digital and mixed signal instrumentation for specific applications without the use of external interface cards.

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Roush to support the aerospace industry with the king of metal 3D printers

2018-02-27

The Michigan-based product developer is the first service supplier in North America to install the Concept Laser Xline 2000R, the largest powderbed metal additive manufacturing system of its kind.

Breaking bonds

2018-03-07

For the past decade, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Materials and Manufacturing Directorate at Wright-Patterson Airforce Base—in conjunction with Boeing and LSP Technologies—has been developing a process called laser bond inspection (LBI), a nondestructive testing (NDT) methodology for inspecting composite structure bonds. This process, combined with bond process control, is an enabling technology to transition lightweight primary bonded composite structures.

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Nissan Europe and partners form battery R&D venture

2016-02-05

The £20 million consortium project will help pave the way for future generation EV batteries.

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3D-printed high-temperature ceramics

2016-01-22

UV light solidifies photo-curable resins into complex shapes that are then fired to produce strong, fully dense ceramics.

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3D Systems unveils next-gen high-production additive metal solution

2017-11-08

Aerospace manufacturers and operators—large and small—require solutions that shorten product development; maintenance, repair, and overhaul cycles; and lower fuel costs through lightweighting.

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Scaled Composites completes first flight of Model 401

2017-10-17

This past week, Scaled Composites announced the first flight of its experimental aircraft design, Model 401. Scaled—a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman—has built two Model 401 aircraft for an undisclosed customer to demonstrate “advanced, low-cost manufacturing techniques.”

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Innovate, collaborate, adapt—find a way to space

2017-12-20

Large, traditional satellites require complex systems and often a dedicated launch vehicle to place them in orbit. The immense costs associated with these endeavors have led to growing demand for cost effective “nanosatellites.” A multitude of various companies are innovating and adapting to meet that demand, including Monroeville, NC-based CRP USA.

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The F-22 Raptor gets its first metallic 3D-printed part

2019-01-24

Maintainers from the U.S. Air Force 574th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) have installed the first titanium additively manufactured titanium component on an operational Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.

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PSA’s plan of action for Opel/Vauxhall: electrification, shared platforms, global R&D center in Germany

2017-11-14

One hundred days after France's PSA group bought GM's Opel/Vauxhall, the first and crucial detailed plan of action and its effects for the combined businesses is revealed at Opel’s Rüsselsheim HQ.

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Composites and economic success

2015-09-29

SAE International’s book, Economics of Composites, captures the state of the composites industry to assist engineering/technical professionals in charting a course for achieving economic success.

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Electromechanical heavy-duty cylinders

2015-08-27

Ready to install, electromechanical heavy-duty cylinders from Rexroth enable freely programmable motion sequences, even at high forces.

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Additive manufacturing is transforming mobility engineering, driving the factory of the future

2018-12-27

Two new installments in the burgeoning SAE International Podcast Series cast a spotlight on additive manufacturing, which is fueling innovation, greater efficiencies, and the future of mobility engineering. Additive manufacturing continues to advance and transform mobility engineering, as aerospace and automotive firms increasingly adopt and invest in 3D printing technologies, which are becoming more capable and cost-effective.

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Centre for Modelling & Simulation to develop digital twins for GKN Aerospace additive, composite, and industry 4.0 technologies

2019-01-04

The collaborative development of digital twins will inform additive manufacturing (also known as 3D printing), advanced composites, assembly, and industry 4.0 processes at GKN Aerospace's Global Technology Centre in order to enable the high rate production of aircraft structures.

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First Airbus A350-1000 wing goes into production in North Wales

2015-08-27

The wing design includes several streamlined features, in particular droop-nose leading edge devices and new adaptive dropped-hinge flaps, which increase the jetliner’s efficiency at low speeds.

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Surface Generation speeds composites throughput with one-shot stamp-forming process

2015-12-03

The U.K.-based supplier is working with research group WMG and AGC AeroComposites to develop new composite press-forming processes for automotive and aerospace manufacturers. Patented technology makes it possible to achieve one-minute Takt times for thermoplastic components.

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GE Additive unveils Project ATLAS program’s first 3D printer

2017-11-19

The meter-class, laser powder-bed fusion machine was developed to provide manufacturers of large parts and components with a scalable solution that can be configured and customized to specific industry applications. It builds on technology previously developed by GE and combines DMLM expertise from the German 3D printer manufacturer, Concept Laser—which GE acquired in December 2016.

BAAM gets bigger

2018-03-19

At the end of 2017, contract production company Additive Engineering Solutions took delivery of a second “big area additive manufacturing” (BAAM) machine; the same type of printer that created a single giant tooling component used to secure and stabilize a Boeing 777X composite wing skin for drilling and machining.

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Lockheed Martin and Arconic Collaborate on 3D printing and advanced aerospace materials

2018-08-09

Together, the companies will develop customized lightweight material systems and advanced manufacturing processes, such as metal additive manufacturing – also known as 3D printing – to advance current and next-generation aerospace and defense solutions, including new structures and systems not currently in existence.