Defense
America Makes Awards $3.2M for Delta Qual Project Winners
The project call winners are tasked with creating qualified additive manufacturing (AM) processes that offer rapid and affordable flexibility in crucial processes, postprocessing and material feedstock variables, while efficiently validating a qualified AM material through statistical analysis.
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Additive Manufacturing for Defense: Targeting Qualification
Targeting qualification in additive manufacturing for the defense industry means ensuring repeatability as well as reliability as there is much at stake, including human lives. Certain requirements therefore must be met by weapons systems used by the defense industry.
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America Makes Announces Defense Department Industrial Base Modernization Project Call
Concept paper and quad chart submissions are due Nov. 29, 2023. The project lead and all project team members must be members of America Makes in good standing as of that date.
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ATI to Establish Additive Manufacturing Facility to Serve US Navy
ATI will utilize its metal additive manufacturing and machining capabilities as part of contract with Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc. (BPMI) to support the U.S. Navy.
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Velo3D Qualifies Aluminum Alloy to Support Formula 1 Customers
Aluminum alloy supports Formula 1 customers by enabling the production of parts requiring high thermal conductivity and durability, and is available to print in both 50 and 100 micron layers.
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America Makes Offers Additive Manufacturing Research Grants Worth Nearly $12 Million
This project call for additive manufacturing research projects offers the largest funding opportunity launched by America Makes since its inception in 2012.
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7 Takeaways From America Makes MMX 2023
America Makes just held its recent Members Meeting & Exchange. Here are observations related to cost and collaboration; digital manufacturing; and the sustainment and supply chain needs of the DoD.
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Navy Improves Readiness of USS Bataan With 3D Printing Capability
Crew of USS Bataan completed the first metal 3D part fabrication and replacement for a de-ballast air compressor in only five days using a permanently installed metal 3D printer, demonstrating the impact this technology can have on operational readiness.
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AddUp Participates in $1.5M USAF Research on IN-718 Additive Manufacturing
AddUp is partnering with Zeda to provide critical project support to provide the USAF with a set of manufacturing guidelines to maximize the capabilities of LPBF to meet fleet readiness and sustainment goals.
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America Makes Announces Open Project Call Worth $6.4M in Funding
The six topical areas for the Open Project Call 2023 were initiated at AM Technology Roadmap workshops in 2021 and 2022, and focused on needs prioritized for the five topics: Design, Materials, Process, Value Chain and AM Genome.
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