Engineers at NASA’s Langley Researcher Center are working to reduce the time it takes space-age composite materials to go from laboratory to market and they are getting support from private industry and government leaders, including Virginia Sen. Mark Warner.

Warner is scheduled to be briefed about the latest efforts to advance next-generation composite development on Monday, Feb. 10, at NASA Langley in Hampton, Va.

One thing NASA engineers will discuss is a new robot – called ISAAC – that will be used to develop advanced composite materials, processes, structural concepts, manufacturing and inspection techniques.

News media are invited to participate in a tour with Sen. Warner, Monday, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Interested media should contact Kathy Barnstorff at (757) 864-9886 or kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov<mailto:kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov>, no later than 8:00 a.m., Monday, Feb. 10, and arrive at the NASA Langley gate by 9:15 a.m.

ISAAC is a robot-based composites processing platform that will play a key role in the development of significantly improved aerospace structures, and allow Langley to contribute to an emerging regional Virginia-based composites manufacturing research and development hub.

For information about NASA Langley, visit:
 http://www.nasa.gov/langley