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Portfolio Status: Projects In Progress
5519.001 Metal Additive Manufacturing & Topology Optimization of Self-Propelled Howitzer System Selected Components
December 22, 2021
The objective of this project is to leverage advanced optimization methods, materials, and manufacturing processes to identify SPH parts that can be redesigned for topology optimization and weight...
5513.001 Thermal Aging Study for Additively Manufactured F357 Aluminum
June 24, 2021
The objective of this program is to accelerate the qualification of LPBF F357 aluminum alloy by quantifying the effects of thermal treatments and service temperatures on material microstructure...
5514.001 Data Driven Qualification for Additive Manufacturing
June 24, 2021
This project is developing a data-driven qualification process that allows relationships across instruments, platforms, suppliers, and even alloy systems to be inferred using intelligent machine...
5518.002 Design Guide for Scramjet Flowpath Features Fabricated via Large Format PBFAM
June 07, 2021
The objective of this project is to use the Rapid Large Area Metal Printer (RLAMP)—developed under a separate Army funded program—to scale up the AM technology for full-scale scramjet...
5001.001.002.001 Tensile Behavior of AM Lattice Structures
March 08, 2021
The objective of this effort was to develop a standard approach to mechanical testing and evaluation of lattice structures. The program sought to deliver an ASTM work item style final report...
5518.001 Large Area Additive Manufacturing for Jointless Application Development
March 08, 2021
The project is attempting to attain 90 percent part count reduction for a powerhead propulsion system critical to both scramjets and space launch vehicles. This addresses the needs of the...
5507.001 Qualification Requirements for Additive Manufacturing Processes – Phase I, II, III
March 08, 2021
The overall goal of the project’s three-year effort is to develop additional procedure qualification schemes/components, support process requirements, and pertinent fabrication requirements to...
5511.001 Joint Metal Additive Database Definition (JMADD)
March 08, 2021
The program addresses the lack of industrially recognized, statistically based bulk material allowables using an approach like those commonly utilized in commercial and military aerospace design....
5001.006 Reducing “Time to First Good AM Part” Through In-Situ Sensor Driven NDE
February 17, 2021
The objective of this project is to reduce the time and associated costs of obtaining the first good metal AM part. By correlating in-situ data to ground truth NDE data, the project aims to...
5001.001 Machine Learning (ML) to Enable Rapid Design Allowables Development for AM
February 17, 2021
The primary objective of this project is to develop two mechanical property design allowables for AM using a single set of empirical data. This project aims to establish an approach to AM design...
5510.001 Optimization of Ground Vehicle Components for Weight Reduction
February 16, 2021
The objective of this effort is to demonstrate the advantages of AM through the redesign of a group of Army ground vehicle components to reduce weight. The redesign seeks to meet all other...
1111 ONR Quality Made – Informed Quality
December 10, 2020
The goal of this program is to generate an optimized scan file for a PBFAM machine environment to create high quality parts. The proposed effort plans to establish an Integrated Computational...
