Video: Boeing report on testing of oxide CMC engine nozzle. Boeing reported on Sept. 5 that it successfully flight tested an innovative engine nozzle made of ceramic matrix composites designed to ...

Ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials are made of coated ceramic fibers surrounded by a ceramic matrix. They are tough, lightweight and capable of withstanding temperatures 300-400 degrees F hotter ...

Five years after breaking ground, GE Aviation is investing an additional $105M in its Asheville, North Carolina, production facility to meet growing demand for the ceramic matrix composite (CMC) ...

It's taken a long time to tweak ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) so they can be produced in high volumes, but the time has finally come. Aircraft engine leader GE Aviation has broken ground on the ...

A second-stage rocket nozzle extension would be fixed and is intended to improve performance and reduce costs. Credit: Firefly The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded Firefly Aerospace a ...

In a ceremony with Alabama public officials, GE Aviation broke ground on two adjacent factories to mass-produce silicon carbide (SiC) materials used to manufacture ceramic matrix composite components ...

GE Aviation (Cincinnati, Ohio), a global leader in jet engine and aircraft system production, hosted on November 14 a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of its new advanced composites factory near ...

Ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) and metal matrix composites (MMCs) have long played an important role for the military and aerospace in protecting military vehicles, as well as spacecraft and space ...

The class of materials known as ceramic matrix composites, or CMCs, shows considerable promise for providing fracture-toughness values similar to those for metals such as cast iron. Two kinds of ...

GE Aerospace is investing $11 million in its Batesville, Mississippi facility to expand production of engine parts. The investment will fund an industrial oven for ceramic matrix composites, ...

CMCs are made up of two major components: a reinforcing material for strength and stiffness and a matrix material to hold the composite together. CMCs have both ceramic reinforcement and matrix. This ...