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TRENDS AUGUST 2015 20 CompositesWorld For technical information and sample call 800.992.2424 miller-stephenson chemical company, inc. Connecticut - Illinois - California - Canada 800.992.2424 203.743.4447 supportCW@mschem.com miller-stephenson.com/quik-freeze m s TM N E W ! Low Global Warming Formulation Available Perfect for controlling resin viscosity in composite forming by cooling lay-up dur- ing cure cycle. Also, effectively used for reducing tack on pre-preg during lay-up if required. We also offer a complete line of EPON Epoxy Resins/Curing Agents and PTFE Release Agents for composite molding and fabrication. Composite Chillers Composite Chillers Not to be overshad- owed by news in the commercial aircraft market at the Paris Air Show (June 15-21, Le Bourget, France, see p. 18), Textron AirLand's (Wichita, KS, US) light strike/ISR jet Scorpion generated quite a buzz in its frst appearance at the Paris Air Show (it made its debut at Farnborough 2014). Designed by a group of longtime aircraft engineers outside the defense industry infrastructure, the Scorpion has a smaller silhouette than most of the fghter jets on the tarmac in Le Bourget, but reportedly made a big impression on US Pentagon and other government military ofcials, according to a Defense News report by Andrew Clevenger, dated June 18. The article went on to say that the Scorpion, which went from drawing board to prototype in a mere 24 months, could be providing ground support and reconnaissance to several militaries in short order. Recently in South America, the jet was tested by pilots in a country interested in buying multiple jets, but Textron AirLand ofcials declined to say which country. But the company's president Bill Anderson did tell Defense News, "The interest in the airplane remains very high," adding that there is also "signifcant interest" in the Middle East and on the Pacifc Rim. In fact, Textron AirLand expects to submit its frst formal proposal to a Pacifc Rim nation at the end of the month, Anderson claimed. Another notable newcomer, this time, a business jet, was the Flaris. Making its second appearance at a Paris Air Show, the single-engine, composites-intensive light jet, built by Metal-Master (Podgorzyn, Poland), is close to frst fight, and certifcation activities have begun. "We are starting production next year [2016]. After the fight tests, the next stage will involve obtaining the required certifcation," says Metal-Master's Rafał Ładziński, the creator of Flaris and its project director. Another relative outsider, Metal-Master's primary business, in fact, is not aircraft but manufactur- ing technological lines and equipment for the automotive industry. The production of Flaris planes will be based on the company's previous experience in process automation and will implement the latest manufacturing technologies. "I believe that in the next two or three decades, the aviation industry will be taken over by international leaders in the automotive industry, whose current solutions," Ładziński AEROSPACE Paris Air Show 2015: Scorpion, Flaris, X6 turn heads Source | Textron Airland