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Portfolio Status: Projects In Progress
5522.001.003 Maturation of Additive Geometric Approaches (MAGMA) for High Mach Applications
September 14, 2023
The goal is to leverage extensive high temperature design knowledge and AM experience of Boeing, state-of the-art simulation tools of Hexagon, and proven powder feed L-DED procedures and...
5522.001.002 Managing Additive Assembly’s Numerical Tolerances Leveraging Engineering Simulation (MA(2)INTLES)
September 14, 2023
The objective of this project is to create a workflow that combines compensation from simulation and scans at the individual component and interface level to improve dimensional management and...
5551 Cold Metal Fusion Preliminary Research for Air Force Sustainment and Repair
September 07, 2023
The project objective is to develop and demonstrate a cold metal fusion process through manufacturing and testing three Ti6AI4V material manufacturing...
5541 Delta Qual Innovation
September 06, 2023
The objective of this project is to employ technical teams to demonstrate a single change to a selected baseline process by employing advanced numerical, analytical, and experimental methodologies...
5001.003.002.004 – Rapid Print Characterization for Machine Qualification and Equivalency
August 22, 2023
The objective of this project is to develop streamlined post-part characterization and in-situ data monitoring processes that can rapidly inform machine variation and process equivalency across...
5532.001 Gradient Alloy Transition Development 2 (GRATD 2) Program
August 21, 2023
This project leverages the GRATD1 program to fabricate and test shape features relevant to aerospace systems to operate in extreme aerothermal environments. It focuses on leading-edge structures...
5542.005 Advance Manufacturing of High Temperature Nozzle Materials
August 17, 2023
The overall objective of this project is to identify two low-cost, domestic material supply chains that have demonstrated robust technical performance and manufacturability for solid rocket...
5550 Common Additive Manufacturing Qualification Template (CAM-QT)
August 09, 2023
The objective of this project is to document the qualification requirements of in-service metal AM parts accepted by design authorities of three engine OEMs as part of their individual...
5540.001 – Additive Manufacturing Casting Replacement Optimization (AMCRO) – Heat Treating and Chemistry
August 07, 2023
The objective of this effort is to develop and demonstrate an optimized wire-arc DED process and post-process heat-treating procedures for the casting replacement of HY-80 steel castings. This...
5540.002 – Development & Transition of HY80 Steel for Qualification to NAVSEA WIRE-DED Tech Pub
August 07, 2023
Wire-Arc Directed Energy Deposition (DED) is capable of flexibly printing large parts at high deposition rates; coupled with advanced ICME modeling tools (e.g., thermodynamic and kinetic modeling,...
5545.001 NAVSEA – Edison Welding Institute AM Qualification
August 03, 2023
The objective of this project is to provide NAVSEA with test samples and process qualification test reports (PQTRs) that can be used to develop qualification requirements and procedures for...
5536 – AM to Augment the Casting & Forging Industries
July 24, 2023
The purpose of the project is to convene the U.S. additive manufacturing (AM) ecosystem, along with the domestic casting and forging ecosystem to determine opportunities for AM to augment or...
