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Select Engineering Services Success Story - Composite Frangible Towers
Air Force Research Laboratory
Nov. 11, 2020 | 3:47
Select Engineering Services, a small business on contract with the AF SBIR program, located in Layton Utah, has developed a composite tower structure that house navigational aids for aircraft. These composite towers, if stuck by a wayward aircraft will break away, leaving minimal damage to the aircraft, and potentially saving lives.
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