Advanced Fabrics and Materials for Aerospace Technology
Warwick is an engineering and manufacturing company that specializes in high-performance materials for aerospace fabrics. Many of these materials are flexible composites that are strong enough to endure the harshest environments. Warwick’s core fabric technologies helped to develop the mission-critical airbag fabric used in three successful rover landings on Mars: Pathfinder, Spirit and Opportunity. Warwick is currently developing specialized fabrics for Missile Defense Agency DoD LTA (lighter than air) surveillance airships. Targeted to replace satellites, these new surveillance airships are intended to both perform and be retrieved from altitudes of 65,000 feet. Existing aerospace materials are often strong enough but too heavy, or lightweight but not strong enough. Warwick's laboratory is ISO 9001:2000 certified.
Aerospace Fabric Development
Warwick streamlines aerospace material development under one roof, where the engineering process ensures that critical fiber properties are maintained and maximized. Vertical handling, from design of the engineered composite materials to the final finishing and lamination, is critical to a successful fabric development program.
Aerospace Applications
High pressure inflatable structures
Parachutes
Impact attenuation systems
Actuators
Gaskets
Bearings
Seals, hoses, cargo control materials
Airship Applications
Lighter-Than-Air vehicle fabrics
Blimps
Aerostats
Weather balloons
Helium balloons
Inflated structures
Membrane structures
Hull material (translucent and opaque)
Ballonet
Heat seat joint tapes
Navy airships
Passenger carrier airships
Cargo carrier airships
Surveillance platforms
Warwick's Aerospace Track Record
Blimp & Airship Hull Material
Mars Landing Impact Airbags
Apollo Mission Flotation Collars
JPL Tumbleweed
Weather Balloon
To learn more about how Warwick can help with your aerospace fabric applications, please contact our Roll Goods Sales Department at 1.603.291.1019, or email inquiries@warwickmills.com
