Category: Aerospace and Defense

Aircelle to produce titanium exhaust systems for Boeing 777X

Aircelle (Safran), Le Havre, France, will produce titanium exhaust systems for the new Boeing 777X commercial jetliner, marking the nacelle manufacturer’s first major supplier win with Boeing.

Alcoa invests $16.7 million in Thermatech coating plant

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, reports that Alcoa Power and Propulsion, Whitehall, Mich., will invest $16.7 million in a 7700 sq. ft. building expansion to double coating capacity at its Thermatech Coatings plant in Whitehall.

Alcoa to acquire TITAL for titanium aircraft structures

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, has agreed to acquire privately held TITAL, a German producer of titanium and aluminum investment castings for aircraft engines and airframes.

Ipsen ships vacuum furnaces to aerospace companies

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., reports that three separate companies recently purchased different Ipsen furnace models, all of which are for the aerospace industry.

Composite materials replace titanium on Orion space capsule

TenCate Advanced Composites North America, Fairfield, Ca., developed a heat resistant composite for the heat shield and backshell structure of the Lockheed Martin Orion multi-purpose crew vehicle.

Tungsten-chromium-iron PM alloy has hardness of 21 GPa

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, announces that researchers have developed a tungsten-chromium-iron powder metallurgy alloy that could replace depleted uranium in armor-piercing projectiles.

3D printer builds first object in space

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., announces that an object has been additively manufactured in space for the first time.

Alcoa acquires Firth Rixson for its isothermal forging and ring production

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, announces that it has completed the acquisition of Firth Rixson, a global leader in aerospace jet engine components.

Wisconsin Oven builds horizontal quench furnace for heat treating facility

Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, announces the shipment of a horizontal quench system for solution heat treating of forged aluminum gun parts.

Aerojet Rocketdyne partners with NASA to advance copper 3D printing

NASA, Washington, and Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp company, Sacramento, Calif., successfully completed a series of hot-fire tests on an advanced rocket engine Thrust Chamber Assembly (TCA) using copper alloy additive manufacturing technology.