Quickstep is an Australian Company and approved supplier for the international F‐35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program ‐ the largest military aerospace program in the world, valued at in excess of US$300 billion worldwide. To date more than 68 JSF aircraft have been delivered to the US Department of Defence, and this number […]
Quickstep’s RST Technology Passes Test Read More »
GE Aviation has begun testing on its new composite fan blades for the GE9X, the next-generation GE90 engine that will power Boeing’s 777X aircraft. This validation test is the first of several testing programs GE has planned this year for the GE9X fan module. The first round of fan blade tests occurred in June
GE Aviation Begin Testing New Composite Fan Blades Read More »
In the future, Army aircraft may be made of all composite materials, and the Prototype Integration Facility Advanced Composites Laboratory is ready. Part of the Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Centre’s, or AMRDEC’s, Engineering Directorate, the Prototype Integration Facility’s, PIF’s, Advanced Composites Lab has successfully designed and made repairs on damaged composite aircraft
US Army adopts Stronger, Lighter Composite Materials Read More »
Northrop Grumman and teammate ATK have completed manufacturing of the backplane support frame (BSF) for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Northrop Grumman is under contract to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., for the design and development of the Webb Telescope’s optics, sunshield and spacecraft. When combined with the centre section and wings,
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope #FRP Read More »
Masdar City, United Arab Emirates – This gleaming example of sustainable urban living just 17km east of Abu Dhabi is currently more university and business campus than metropolis, but when Masdar City is complete in 2025, it will be home to 40,000 residents and 50,000 commuters. The city’s master plan, designed by the architects Foster
Living in Sustainable Cities of the Future Read More »
NSE Composites used Abaqus FEA to validate a Sandia-funded sweep-twist design that captures 12 percent more energy. The basic physics and economics of wind turbine blades are relatively simple. For one, their power output is roughly proportional to the square of blade length. This relationship pushes designers to create increasingly longer blades for harvesting additional
There’s a New Twist in Wind Blades Read More »
Edra Equipamentos has launched a multipurpose module for commercial construction applications. The company say that the module, called “e.modular” can be used for instance, as a “pop-up” shop, for the showroom of real estate developers, cafeterias, help desk at events and even self-service banking kiosks. Edra Equipamentos state the e.modular is a 3.2m
Multipurpose Modules for Sustainable Buildings Read More »
GE Aviation, Hamble has achieved a major program milestone with the delivery of its initial production wing fixed trailing edge components for the first A350 XWB to fly – ‘MSN001’. The first A350 XWB-MSN001 is now structurally complete and is currently undergoing ground testing in Toulouse. The A350 XWB wing fixed trailing edge package is
Composite Wing Components for Airbus A350 XWB Read More »
Aerospace engineers have long known that ditching a conventional tubular fuselage in favor of a manta-ray-like “hybrid wing” shape could dramatically reduce fuel consumption. A team at NASA has now demonstrated a manufacturing method that promises to make the design practical. Combined with an extremely efficient type of engine, called an ultra-high bypass ratio
NASA Demonstrates Hybrid Wing Aircraft Read More »