The aircraft manufacturer Airbus has reached a five-year agreement with the National Composite Center and six companies to develop the next generation of advanced materials for commercial planes.
NanoSperse LLC, a participating company that is housed within the National Composite Center in Kettering, has been producing a compound since 2009 that is used to coat military jet engine parts to protect them against erosion. The new deal with Airbus will give NanoSperse an opportunity to serve the bigger market for commercial aircraft, its president, Art Fritts, said Thursday.
“It would certainly help us grow,” Fritts says of his eight-person company. “It’s very significant to us.”
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