Abstract: Lightweight materials and structures are essential in the aerospace industry, from enabling the large space structures required to advance science missions to reducing fuel consumption.

Aerospace structures encompass the load-bearing frameworks, skins and mechanisms that give aircraft and spacecraft their form, stiffness and strength while meeting stringent mass, reliability and ...

Abstract: Modern deployable space structures have enabled spectacular missions like the James Webb Space Telescope, but they are constrained by fairing size and by a tradeoff between deployed size and ...

Aerospace engineers face constant trade-offs between weight and manufacturability. With HyperX® and HyperXpert® from Collier Aerospace, they can optimise lighter, more cost-effective composite ...

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The aerospace sector is targeting significant efficiency increases, reducing fuel consumption and emissions while enhancing safety. Smart and adaptive morphing wings are designed to seamlessly change ...

Deployable structures for space applications are engineered to transition from compactly stowed configurations to large functional forms once in orbit. This capability enables the delivery of ...

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has achieved a pivotal milestone for assuring continuity of the nation’s future weather and storm forecasting by completing the primary bus structure of the first ...

Continuous fiber 3D printer additively deposited fiber bundles generate the desired shape: (a) cone, (b) saddle, (c) parabolic dish. Source (All Images) | The Grainger College, University of Illinois ...

APPLIED AEROSPACE STRUCTURES, CA was acquired by Greenbriar Equity Group to support growth and expansion plans for complex composite and metal bonded structural assemblies; financial terms of deal ...

Applied Aerospace & Defense raises $650 million in US IPO, Bloomberg News reports Private equity-backed government contractor Applied Aerospace & Defense has raised $650 million in its U.S. initial ...