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News for September 2005
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Northrop Grumman Corporation moved significantly closer to completing the first of its next-generation, enhanced-capability RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) due to deliveries of two critical airframe components within the last month.
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The Boeing Company has revealed the flight deck for the all-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
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BASF has signed a contract to acquire Leuna-Miramid GmbH, Leuna (Germany) to extend its position in engineering plastics in Europe.
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Aker Kvaerner has successfully completed a capacity increase, ahead of schedule, at Teijin Twaron’s spinning facilities in Emmen, The Netherlands.
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One of the composite devices of engine-noise reduction used on the A380 is being employed on Airbus’ newest aircraft family, the A350.
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A new high-temperature, low-sag overhead conductor from 3M, designed to help eliminate transmission bottlenecks in electricity grids – the major cause of brownouts and blackouts – is getting its first use in California.
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A European project has been formed, entitled Nanomed, to develop a carbon nanotube actuator for use in medical technology.
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Cook Composites and Polymers (CCP) has introduced ArmorShield PB, a new sprayable syntactic foam print blocker that improves the cosmetic finish of composite surfaces.
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Ford has unveiled the iosis concept car – a vehicle that defines a new design direction for Ford of Europe featuring CFRP angled pivoting doors.
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Unmanned Technologies Australia (UTA) has finalised details of a consortium to develop and commercialise a new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).