FirePoint Brings First Hacking for Defense Program to Kansas
FirePoint Leverages Army, DoD & Academic Partnerships to Give Students Hands-on Experience in Solving Real-World National Security Challenges
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WICHITA, Kan., Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ This semester, students at Wichita State University have become the first in Kansas to put their innovation skills to work in solving real-world national defense challenges as part of the Hacking for Defense (H4D) program, thanks to the FirePoint Innovations Center and WSU s Masters of Innovation Design program.
H4D, a program of the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN), is a semester-long course offered only at select, top-tier universities across the country that provides students the opportunity to work directly with Department of Defense (DoD) agencies in an applied learning environment. Problem sponsors from the DoD and intelligence community present technology chall
First fibre patch placement system for the USA
Cevotec will install a Samba Pro Prepreg fibre patch placement system at the Lab for Aerospace Systems (ATLAS), at The National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR).
12th January 2021
Germany s Cevotec is to install a Samba Pro Prepreg fibre patch placement (FPP) system at the Lab for Aerospace Systems (ATLAS), at The National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University (WSU).
Since its inception in 1985, NIAR has become the USA’s premier aviation research institute. With nearly a million square feet of research and office space, it provides research, design, testing, certification and training to the aerospace and manufacturing industries, Department of Defense and other government agencies.
NIAR’s ATLAS Lab to Install SAMBA Pro System in 2021
The National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University (WSU) selected Fiber Patch Placement (FPP) technology for their portfolio of future composites production technologies. By the end of 2021, Cevotec will install a SAMBA
Pro Prepreg system at NIAR’s Advanced Technologies Lab for Aerospace Systems (ATLAS).
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Inside SAMBA Pro Prepreg. Image Credit: Cevotec.
Since its inception in 1985, the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University (WSU) become the United States’ premier aviation research institute. With nearly one million square feet of research and office space, NIAR provides research, design, testing, certification and training to the aerospace and manufacturing industries, FAA, Department of Defense and other government agencies.
Photo Credit: Cevotec GmbH
The National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University (WSU, Wichita, Kan., U.S.) has announced that it has selected Fiber Patch Placement (FPP) technology to expand its technology portfolio for future composites production technologies. The installation of Cevotec GmbH’s (Munich, Germany) SAMBA Pro Prepreg system at NIAR’s Advanced Technologies Lab for Aerospace Systems (ATLAS) will be ready by end of 2021.
“Together with our U.S. partner Composite Automation, we are excited about this first FPP system in the United States and look forward to future R&D collaborations with NIAR,” states Thorsten Groene, managing director of Cevotec.
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