Nammo Composite Solutions has signed an agreement with Raytheon Missile Systems of Tucson, Arizona, USA, to support the development and manufacturing of a redesigned composite TOW missile case.
03 February 2012
Aurora Flight Sciences has delivered the first complete ship set of composite structures to Northrop Grumman Corporation for the US Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) programme.
08 January 2012
FORMAX, a manufacturer of carbon fibre and speciality composite reinforcements, has been granted membership to the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD)'s Materials and Structures Technology Science and Technology Centre (MAST STC).
04 January 2012
The following 5 news articles published in 2011 were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website during the year.
03 January 2012
Reinforced Plastics would like to wish all our readers a Happy New Year.
01 January 2012
Ashland Performance Materials has launched an expanded page for its Derakane resin on the Ashland website and closed the Derakane.com website.
26 December 2011
The Reinforced Plastics team would like to wish all our readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
20 December 2011
Heatcon Composite Systems has won a US$2.6 million contract to provide the US army with equipment to repair composite aircraft in remote locations.
13 December 2011
The US Navy and Northrop Grumman have successfully completed first flight of the second X-47B unmanned air vehicle (UAV), for which GKN Aerospace has designed and manufactured a large portion of the metallic and composite airframe.
08 December 2011
Ingalls Shipbuilding has been awarded a US$46 million advance procurement contract for work on the US Navy's third Zumwalt-class destroyer, DDG 1002. The majority of the work will take place at the company's Composite Center of Excellence in Gulfport, Mississippi.
06 December 2011