Firefly Aerospace acquires Ingersoll AFP machines for composite rocket production

Firefly Aerospace announced it will acquire Mongoose Hybrid automated fiber placement systems from Ingersoll Machine Tools to automate production of its all-composite Alpha and Beta launch vehicles. The first system will be installed in May 2021 at its Briggs, Texas facility, and a second at its new Florida factory in 2022.

“High-speed, robotic, large-scale AFP machines, like those produced by Ingersoll Machine Tools, are now widely utilized in the aircraft industry.”compositesworld.com

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• compositesworld.comFirefly Aerospace to automate composite rocket production with Ingersoll AFP machine | CompositesWorldHannah MasonOct 30, 2020

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