Advanced Research & Development Services
For over 30 years, Aerodine Composites has worked hand-in-hand with some of the world’s most elite companies developing manufacturing strategies and component designs for harsh environments. From the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to the sea deck of a US Navy destroyer, products and technologies created as a result of our R&D are a proud testament to our commitment to pushing the boundaries of our capabilities for our customers.
Our team of experts develops new and innovative composite technologies that support the highest possible performance at the lowest possible cost while helping to expand the boundaries of what is possible for the motorsport, aerospace, industrial, military, UAV, manned aircraft, and medical industries.
Whether it’s creating a new part to ensure a race win, supporting unmanned aircraft composite structures, or overcoming an engineering obstacle to develop lighter-weight equipment for military and aerospace programs, Aerodine encourages innovation from its partners and provides the resources that enable its customers to maintain industry-leading competitiveness in the marketplace.
Engineered composite structures enable significant weight savings, high payload and fuel efficiency, and highly portable end-use components. For UAV, aerospace, defense, and manned aircraft applications, reducing weight can improve performance, range, and operational efficiency.
Composites have anisotropic strength properties, meaning they are stronger in one direction. This means stacking multiple composite layers in different orientations allows the fibers to bear multi-directional forces and loads.
Composites have a nearly infinite fatigue life. When used in highly stressed areas, composite components far outlast similarly designed metallic structures based on fatigue loading.
The corrosion resistance of composites is advantageous in challenging environments since they do not rust or corrode like traditional metals.
Composite components can be molded to almost any shape, allowing designers to create aerodynamic and aesthetically pleasing forms with minimal effort. This is especially valuable for aircraft composite structures, UAV airframes, fairings, ducting, and other components where shape, airflow, and performance are closely connected.
Aerodine supports research and development for both manned and unmanned aircraft composite structures. Our team works with customers to evaluate part design, material selection, manufacturing feasibility, tooling strategy, and production readiness early in the development process. This allows customers to explore lightweight composite airframes, UAV composite structures, aerospace fairings, ducting, structural assemblies, and other high-performance composite components before moving into production. By combining engineering support with hands-on composite manufacturing experience, Aerodine helps customers move from early concepts to practical, production-ready solutions.
Aerodine’s R&D process is built to support the transition from development to production. Early-stage composite programs often require rapid iteration, design refinement, material evaluation, and manufacturing strategy before they can move into repeatable production. By addressing manufacturability, tooling requirements, inspection needs, and composite production workflows early, Aerodine helps reduce program risk and improve production readiness. This is especially valuable for aerospace, UAV, defense, motorsport, and industrial programs where consistency, traceability, and scalability matter.
Material selection plays a critical role in composite R&D. Aerodine helps customers evaluate material systems based on strength, weight, temperature resistance, RF performance, durability, cost, and manufacturing requirements. Depending on the application, this may include aerospace prepreg composites, carbon fiber epoxy systems, high-temperature composite materials, cyanate ester composites, BMI, phenolics, ceramic matrix composites, foam core, honeycomb core, and other advanced composite materials.
At Aerodine Composites, we understand that great parts begin with great R&D. Whether you are pushing the limits of speed, flight, endurance, or aerospace production, your R&D partner should be as reliable and forward-thinking as your engineering team.
Let’s build tools that push boundaries together.
R&D, or research and development, is the process of exploring, testing, and improving composite materials, part designs, manufacturing methods, and performance strategies before full production begins.
R&D helps reduce risk, improve performance, and identify the best path forward for complex composite components. It allows teams to test ideas, evaluate materials, and solve engineering challenges before committing to production.
Yes. Aerodine supports R&D for both unmanned and manned aircraft composite structures, including UAV composite structures, aerospace composite components, fairings, ducting, airframes, and structural assemblies.
Aerodine supports R&D for motorsport, aerospace, UAV, defense, industrial, military, and medical applications. These industries often require lightweight, strong, durable, and highly specialized composite solutions.
Aerodine works with customers to evaluate design goals, material options, tooling strategy, manufacturing feasibility, and performance requirements. This helps turn new concepts into practical composite products and technologies.
Composites can offer significant advantages over metal, including weight savings, high strength, fatigue resistance, corrosion resistance, and greater design flexibility. These benefits make composites well-suited for demanding environments and high-performance aircraft, defense, motorsport, and industrial applications.
Yes. Aerodine can support customers from early concept development through more advanced engineering and manufacturing planning. The team works with partners to solve technical challenges and help bring competitive composite solutions to market.
R&D helps identify design, material, tooling, and manufacturing challenges early. This creates a stronger path from prototype development to production-ready composite manufacturing.