Advanced Composites Project
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NASA is addressing improved methods, tools, and protocols to reduce the development and certification timeline for composite materials and structures. It is inevitable that composite structures will see increased application due to the pressure to develop more efficient, sustainable vehicles.
Advanced Composites News
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Advanced Composites Project Publications
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NextGen Aircraft Design is Key to Aviation Sustainability
For NASA’s aeronautical innovators, when it comes to designing the next generation of passenger-carrying airplanes, you can think of it…
Advanced Composites Project Calendar of Events
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Five Year Study of Advanced Composites Enters Final Review
Flying farther, faster, and with less fuel, meaning a cheaper ticket for commercial air travelers. That’s just one of the…
NASA’s Advanced Composites Consortium Strengthens
Six organizations joined NASA’s Advanced Composites Consortium this past year making the consortium 13 members strong. Recent additions to the…
Advanced Composites (AC) Project Overview
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Advanced Composites (AC) Project Technical Challenges
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NASA Creates Partnership to Advance Composite Materials for Aircraft of the Future
NASA has established a public-private partnership with five organizations to advance knowledge about composite materials that could improve the performance…
NASA Langley Debuts ISAAC — an ‘Impressive Machine’
It wasn’t the first ribbon cutting ceremony at NASA’s Langley Research Center, nor is it likely to be the last.…
Robot ISAAC Will Help NASA Langley Speed Toward Innovation
A robot named ISAAC — born with a versatile, spinning head and a robust, acrobatic arm — promises to give…
NASA Installs Giant Composite Material Research Robot
It looks like something out of a “Transformers” movie – a huge robotic arm that moves and spins to pick…
NASA Announces Advanced Composite Research Partnership
NASA has selected six companies from five U.S. states to participate in a government-and-industry partnership to advance composite materials research…
Robot ISAAC Demonstrates Its Moves
Here’s a look at ISAAC robot, a system that will add muscle to composite materials and structures research at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. ISAAC, which stands for Integrated Structural Assembly of Advanced Composites, will be put to work after a Jan. 26, 2015, commissioning ceremony.
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