Materials & Manufacturing · Recorded milestone
Carbon-fibre composites
Recorded year1963
Britain's Royal Aircraft Establishment develops high-strength carbon fibre.
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- NylonRecorded · 1935enables
Led to
- Utility-scale wind farmRecorded · 1980enables
- Reusable space shuttleRecorded · 1981enables
- Stealth aircraftRecorded · 1983enables
- Carbon-fibre running footRecorded · 1984enables
- Bionic gamesRecorded · 2016requires
- Carbon-plate super shoesRecorded · 2017enables
- Exoskeleton vests at workRecorded · 2017enables
- Hypersonic glide vehicleRecorded · 2019enables
- James Webb Space TelescopeRecorded · 2021enables
- Electric air taxisRecorded · 2025requires
- Quiet supersonic X-plane fliesRecorded · 2025enables
- Quiet supersonic airlinerForecast · ~2030enables
- Electric regional aircraftForecast · ~2031requires
- Structural batteriesForecast · ~2045requires
- Mile-high towersForecast · ~2070requires
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.