A Maui-based firm used a basalt-fiber composite to 3D print fixed-wing drones and a small surface-water drone tested during the Rim of the Pacific exercise in Hawaii, Stars and Stripes reported. Voltage Vessels developed the material, called Eclipse X9, by combining fiber spun from volcanic basalt rock with the thermoplastic polyester PETG. Sam Young, founder […]
Hawaii firm tests basalt-fiber drones at U.S. Navy exercise