GKN Aerospace, McLaren Automotive and U.K. partners chart the final chapter of the 4-year, £39.6 million ASCEND program, which accomplished significant progress in high-rate production, Industry 4.0 ...

McLaren announced a new frontier in carbon fiber—carbon fiber tape, made using a method called Automated Rapid Tape (ART) ...

Previously, ART carbon fiber was for crafting large aircraft components such as the fuselage and wings. The ART method allows ...

[Turner Hunt] is bringing carbon fiber manufacture into the hands of makers — at considerable cost savings! So how does it work? The machine wraps the filament around the workpiece, not unlike a ...

He added that the carbon-fiber fuselage would have a special coating to protect it from gravel or other terrain being kicked up, and the propellers would be optimally located away from much debris.