Lockheed Martin’s Hybrid Air Vehicle offers large capacity transportation capability with significant fuel economy and reduced operating costs. These airships can operate from existing infrastructure or service remote “points of need” with little infrastructure. Lockheed Martin is working with the commercial market to bring the first generation commercial Hybrid Airship to the market in 2014.
Essentium Materials, College Station, Tex., converts coconut husk fibers into materials for cars and homes.
Following in the footsteps of our parent society, ASM, we are proud to present the new look and feel of IMS!
Modern mechanical carbon materials are being used in a wide variety of applications, including aircraft gear boxes, air turbine motor starters, and main shaft seals for both aircraft turbine engines and aircraft auxiliary power units (APUs).
Applying just the right amount of tension to a chain of carbon atoms can turn it from a metallic conductor to an insulator, report researchers at Rice University, Houston.
