Hyperjoint from Airbus Netherlands

ESA supports and accelerates disruptive technologies that will best meet ESA’s future space transportation needs for the 2025–2040 period under an ESA initiative called FIRST! – Future Innovation Research in Space Transportation.

Airbus Netherlands was selected for its Hyperjoint technology which joins a metallic bracket to a composite structure during the curing process. This eliminates unnecessary drilling and fastening operations to reduce the cost of product assembly and optimise mass. Compared to metallic and bonded joints, Hyperjoints have the potential to be stronger, tougher and more robust.