Airborne Composites

Airborne is a composites company based in The Hague, Netherlands, with a second site in Lambourn, United Kingdom. According to its site it was founded in 1995 and has more than 30 years of experience in composites. It builds automated, digital manufacturing systems for small and mid-size composite parts and also makes composite parts for customers that do not run their own production.

Products

• Automated Ply Placement systems
• Automated Edge Sealing
• Kit by Light, a technology for composite kitting
• Automated tape laying and automated kitting cells
• Automated laminating cells

Services

• Manufacturing of composite parts on its own automated systems, from prototypes to high rate production
• Composite design engineering, including 3D CAD, finite element analysis and layup optimisation
• Design for manufacturing and automation
• Cost modelling and value stream mapping for composite factories
• Prototyping and first article parts
• Industrialisation consultancy

Materials and facilities

The company works with prepreg, dry fibre and thermoplastic composites. The Hague site has autoclaves up to 13 metres, ovens, machining centres, painting and bonding. The Lambourn site has automated ply placement, 3D forming, painting and coating. It runs an aerospace qualified facility and an industrial composites facility.

Markets

The company names aerospace, space and marine, and recent news items mention work with Airbus and Lockheed Martin on composites automation and support for a launcher structure.

Company facts

• AS9100 certified aerospace facility and ISO 9001 certified industrial facility
• Selected with Airbus for the JEC World Innovation Awards 2026
• Telescope and satellite structures are among the projects it lists