Issue 04 | 2020
Cambium Biomaterials, California, USA, just became the first company to field test a novel biobased fire-resistance product in a fire-in-flight demonstration. Cambium and the US Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division (NAWCWD) in China Lake, California, USA, are collaborating to develop biobased, high-temperature composite materials capable of providing enhanced fire protection to aircraft, ships, submarines, spacecraft, and other applications. This collaboration was created to deliver never-seen-before, ultra-high-performance advanced biomaterials for both interior and exterior surface applications by synergistically combining synthetic biology, chemistry, materials science, machine learning, and robotics.