Air Force

MAAM program aims to commercialize large additive manufacturing machine for production of large parts for industrial and defense usage.

The challenge is a direct call-to-action to the AM industry to solve critical IP issues with a prize pool of $68,000.

Goal is to innovate optical components using additive manufacturing.

The goal of the Challenge Series was to improve the accuracy of model predictions for metal AM, using INCONEL nickel-chromium alloy 625.

Submission deadline extended to January 31, 2020 .

Goal of the AFRL AM Challenge Series is to predict the internal structure and resultant performance of metallic components produced by AM.

UTEP, a long-standing member of America Makes since 2012, is also the home of America Makes' first Satellite Center.

The base is using an industrial plastic printer to produce and fit parts to save time, costs

Awarded project teams to develop and deploy innovative, cost-effective, and energy-efficient AM technologies for defense and commercial needs.

The USAF is exploring how to leverage DLP 3D printing technology as a lean alternative to producing and inventorying legacy parts.

Projects to develop an open source, multi-laser manufacturing research platform and more.

A team working within Penn State’s CIMP-3D has received a $1.4 million grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory to investigate the random flaws that emerge during powder bed fusion AM processes.

In a changing digitalization landscape, intellectual property ownership is a top consideration.

The Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate has entered into a cooperative research and development/material transfer agreement with HRL Laboratories to test silicon oxycarbide (SiOC) materials for additive manufacturing to help achieve hypersonic flight.

The company is working with aerospace and defense suppliers to create a precision closed loop manufacturing and monitoring platform.