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EWI is pleased to welcome PacSci EMC to membership. The company provides pyrotechnic and energetic material devices and integrated systems that operate on command. From critical systems such as aircraft emergency safety systems to sequencing systems for strategic and tactical missiles, PacSci EMC components can be found in hundreds of applications in commercial aerospace, military,...

With rapid growth in the space exploration industry, there is great demand for fuel efficient, lightweight vehicles with increased capacity for payload. Advances in production materials offer several viable options for space manufacturers. Next Generation Materials for Space Launch Vehicles, a paper by EWI Applications Engineer Mike Eff, examines the material needs of today’s LVs...

In past years, efforts to adopt electric technologies in transportation manufacturing have been focused on the automotive sector. Today, however, industries including aerospace, shipbuilding, and commercial trucking are incorporating electromobility innovations to create products with lower emissions and greater energy efficiency than their traditional alternatives. E-mobility solutions offer attractive benefits, but there are challenges to...