News
Traction.
What Novo Navis has done, on the record, from the first three-direction weave in 2020 to the filings of October 2026.
In negotiations
- Biorefinery engineering and operationsa global energy major
- Roboticsa robotic arm provider
- Launcha launch provider
Validation
“…has the potential to fundamentally change the way in which aircraft structure is designed and assembled.”
Air Force Research Laboratory, August 2020
Arizona State University’s AIMS Center signed on as research partner for the Phase II SBIR proposal, October 2020.
The record
Six years, newest first.
- October 2026Notice of intent for Avalon Civil Station filed with the Office of Space Commerce, the FAA and NASA.
- October 2026Astra Porta, the loom that makes Elogium at production scale, designed and modeled end to end. Provisional patent applications on file.
- August to October 2026Four preprints published with DOIs. Publications.
- September 2026Process validation of Astra Porta™ completed. 286 ton per year 3D woven carbon fiber capability.
- August 2026Provisional patent applications filed on the Elogium Reconfigurable Structural Kit and its coupling.
- July 2026Elogium Reconfigurable Structural Kit designed: modular blocks, one coupling, robotically assembled in orbit.
- October 2020Arizona State University’s AIMS Center signed on as research partner for the Phase II SBIR proposal.
- August 2020Air Force Research Laboratory letter of support.
- August 2020CompositesWorld reports the process. The coverage drew interest from satellite, cycling, and oil and gas companies.
- 2020U.S. Air Force SBIR Phase I award for Elogium, with SBIR data rights running to 2040.
- 2020Elogium first woven in three directions. The block machines and mills like metal.