Air Force

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.