America Makes Shares Winners of $2M Project Call

America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) report the winners of a recent project call funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSW ManTech), worth $2M.

The objective of the project call, Artificial Intelligence for Material Allowables in Additive Manufacturing (AIM-4AM), is to develop an AI-driven framework to identify and quantify risk in the current material allowables approach for 17-4PH stainless steel (H1025) produced by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). The outcome will enable faster, more cost-effective qualification and certification of AM materials, support agile decision-making for production parts, and accelerate adoption in defense and commercial applications.

“AIM 4AM represents a critical step toward modernizing how we qualify and certify advanced materials, enabling faster, more data driven decision making across defense and industrial applications,” says John Martin, Additive Manufacturing research director at America Makes. “By applying artificial intelligence to target the highest value tests and quantify risk with greater precision, the Institute is helping to reduce uncertainty while accelerating the pathway to field ready additive manufacturing solutions.”

Following are award winners:

• Team Lead: Dyndrite
  • Project Team: Mimo Technik, RTX Technology Research Center (RTRC)

Project teams will report on their progress at the America Makes Technical Review and Exchange (TRX) and other industry events during the execution phase of the program.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.