Opportunities for this material may be found in commercial, defense, and civilian aircraft and helicopter applications that are trying to reduce material and processing costs of composite structures. Specific applications may be found in primary and secondary structures including fuselage, wing structures, fairings, engine core-cowl, and rotor blades. In comparison to current out-of-autoclave prepreg materials, the new technology will provide the avenue for development of much larger composite structures, requiring longer lay-up times, and with higher damage tolerance. The material system will also enable the development of lower cost honeycomb composite structures due to the advantage of inherent skin-core self adhesive properties. Applications may follow for lower temperature cure systems in the manufacturing of composite marine vessels and ships due to the large structures and long lay-up times.
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