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The B-21 Raider airframe integrates radar-absorbent material directly into its composite structure in a way no previous stealth aircraft has done

As the first sixth-generation warplane ever made, the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider introduced a host of new innovative technologies, but none more important than its most basic quality. That is the ...
JEC Composites

Dream Chaser orbital spacecraft composite structural airframe

Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Space Systems and Dream Chaser program partner, Lockheed Martin unveiled the Dream Chaser orbital spacecraft composite airframe. This structure will be used to ...
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Enabling Technologies for Unified Life-Cycle Engineering of Structural Components

A composite horizontal stabilizer was chosen as the subject for the composite airframe structure case study. Life-cycle engineering was examined in today's environment from conceptual design through ...
Flightglobal

Lockheed Martin to build composite cargo X-plane

Lockheed Martin is to modify a Dornier 328Jet regional aircraft to demonstrate advanced composite airframe technology for a future tactical airlifter. The company has been selected over Aurora Flight ...