Applus and Airborne team in Aircelle project »

Last month Applus awarded a contract to Airborne Composites in Girona, Spain, to produce sandwich panel samples as part of their testing program for Aircelle, France. This work is a continuation of the partnering between the companies in aerospace sample and testing that started in 2008. Aircelle...

Published: 2010-09-03 01:39 pm

Airborne attracts growth capital »

The Hague, The Netherlands 19th August  Airborne has attracted nine million euros in the capital market to accelerate growth and expansion of the company. Netherlands-based  Airborne has the ambition to become a top player in Europe in  the field of development and production of composite...

Published: 2010-08-18 08:46 pm

Airborne exhibits at ILA Airshow »

Airborne is exhibiting on the ILA Airshow in Berlin from June 8 to 13. The Berlin Air Show will present a wide-ranging review of advanced aviation and space technology on the ground and in the air. Established in 1909, the ILA is regarded as the world’s oldest aviation trade show. With some 100...

Published: 2010-06-02 10:45 am

Space research projects »

Airborne has been awarded with no less than four grants from the Netherlands Space Office (NSO) within the ‘Prequalification for ESA programmes’ (PEP-2010) research programme. For three projects Airborne is project coordinator. We see this support from the Dutch national space agency NSO as...

Published: 2010-08-01 11:50 am

Contract solar panels for Sentinel-2 »

Airborne Composites has been awarded the contract for the delivery of solar substrate panels for the Sentinel-2 satellite. Airborne now supplies the solar panels for both Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2. These satellites are part of the international Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES)...

Published: 2010-05-17 07:38 am

Participation in Multi.Matheria project »

Airborne in Girona is partner in the Spanish Multi.Matheria (PSE-420000-2009-0003) research project promoted by INGENIA and Rücker-Lypsa (Barcelona).The 2 year research project has received funds from the "Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación" with the "Plan Nacional de Investigación Científica,...

Published: 2010-05-03 09:09 pm

Thermoplastic composite SKA reflector »

The Airborne Technology Centre has secured a Research and Development subsidy within the Dutch ‘Polymeren Innovatie Programma'. The aim is to develop radical new technologies for future large-diameter, high-precision composite antenna reflectors such as required for the Square Kilometer Array...

Published: 2010-01-08 06:11 pm

Airborne Spain presents paper at COMATCOMP »

Airborne Composites in Spain will present this week at the COMATCOMP conference in San Sebastian a paper on "In-plane impact behavior of CFRP laminates. Experimental results and numerical modeling". Due to the low damage tolerance of composite structures, the out-of-plane impact loads such as...

Published: 2009-10-01 02:14 pm

Deepwater composite pipe for Chevron USA »

In October 2009, Airborne Composite Tubulars commences with the development, manufacturing and testing of a Thermoplastic Composite Pipe for Chevron USA. The project aims to prove and qualify the Thermoplastic Composite Pipe for a deepwater application. The TCP combines high internal and external...

Published: 2009-10-01 02:12 pm

Contract Sentinel 1 solar array substrates »

Airborne has been awarded with the contract for the manufacturing of the solar array panel substrates for two Sentinel 1 satellites. The Sentinel satellites are part of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security program (GMES), a long term ESA program dedicated to earth observation to serve...

Published: 2009-09-01 02:11 pm