Carbon-fiber-reinforced polyamide; hollow glass beads
Materials & structural applications
Source-linked materials, structure, production and programme intelligence across UAV, UGV, USV and UUV.
Evidence is organized by material family, structural application and disclosed manufacturing process. Presence is not percentage: neither a carbon-fibre description nor a composite hull statement establishes a usable mass fraction.
Carbon-fibre reinforced polymer
Potential structural applications include load-bearing skins, spars and frames where a platform-specific source supports them.
Carbon-fiber-reinforced nylon
OEM explicitly states glass-epoxy resin-infused hull, glass-composite sandwich internals and carbon-fibre mast; 280 kg displacement.
Source review: General Dynamics states Bluefin-9 has a full carbon-fibre body.
Carbon fiber and titanium (independent museum record of manufacturer-supplied design object)
Fiberglass, carbon, Kevlar, composite; carbon-fiber/composite propellers
Source review: Two carbon spars (1150 and 850 mm) and 4 carbon-fibre VTOL propel
Carbon-fiber catamaran hull
Source review: 29 kg AUV includes pair of carbon-fibre cylinders; 155 mm diamete
Source review: AMY has carbon fibre hull; approximately 65 lb craft without payl
Source review: NIX described with carbon-fibre M-shaped hull.
Standard carbon-fiber tube; titanium/carbon-fiber pressure housing configurations
Titanium and carbon-fiber construction; 9-inch carbon-fiber tube; titanium/carbon-fiber pressure housing
Source review: MARTAC/Mystic discuss epoxy infusion and carbon-fibre constructio
Carbon fiber + Kevlar + specialized fiberglass composite structure
RQ-4 family CFRP/GFRP architecture; 65% structural composite is family literature, not applied directly to RQ-4D
Carbon fiber and magnesium airframe
Fiberglass / carbon composite
Custom carbon-fiber propeller documented in current technical material
Carbon fiber (spars)
Composite carbon fiber
Glass-fibre reinforced polymer
Potential applications include hulls, fairings and radomes. A material label does not disclose laminate mass or fibre content.
Fiberglass, carbon, Kevlar, composite; carbon-fiber/composite propellers
Composite (fiberglass, carbon, Kevlar) + EPP foam
Carbon fiber + Kevlar + specialized fiberglass composite structure
RQ-4 family CFRP/GFRP architecture; 65% structural composite is family literature, not applied directly to RQ-4D
Source review: Aluminium hull/keel by Austal; fiberglass composite wing and inte
Fiberglass / carbon composite
Aramid-fibre reinforced polymer
Aramid reinforcement may serve impact-resistant or hybrid laminates; the application needs direct source support.
Fiberglass, carbon, Kevlar, composite; carbon-fiber/composite propellers
Carbon/Kevlar-reinforced composite monohull; robust composite construction
Composite (fiberglass, carbon, Kevlar) + EPP foam
Carbon fiber + Kevlar + specialized fiberglass composite structure
Basalt-fibre reinforced polymer
Basalt reinforcement is a separate evidence class, not inferred from generic composite descriptions.
No published public material evidence yet in this class.
Other / unspecified composite evidence
Unspecified composite, hybrid and sandwich descriptions remain unallocated unless the source identifies their constituents.
OEM 2019 datasheet lists 6.8 kg aircraft with reinforced fuselage/center wing.
Airbus describes composite specialists layering and fitting Flexrotor lightweight structures at its US production facility.
Source review: S-MET vehicle described as incorporating a unique composite struc
Supplier composite components (~100 items)
Composite detail parts (supplier evidence)
Composite detail parts (supplier evidence)
Composite detail parts (supplier evidence); company-wide composite tooling/manufacturing capability
Airbus confirms composite aerostructures work across partner countries; 2022 order covers 20 systems, not 20 aircraft.
WB Group datasheet explicitly specifies composite construction; MTOW 12 kg; 3.6 m span.
Carbon prepreg/Nomex main body; Hy-Bor boron/carbon/epoxy spar-cap material; advanced composite V-tail
Composite-specialist production: Janicki wing/keel; Seemann Composites hull
Composites and aluminum
Fully composite ballistic fender demonstrated for THeMIS
From public evidence to a scoped study
License separately reviewed platform–country–year analysis, with normalized quantities, structural mass assumptions and a transparent source trail.