Portfolio Status: Completed Projects
5518.001 Large Area Additive Manufacturing for Jointless Application Development
March 08, 2021
The goal of the project was to attain a 90%-part count reduction for a powerhead propulsion system critical to both scramjets and space launch vehicles. This addressed the needs of the Department...
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 was to develop additional procedure qualification schemes/components, support process requirements, and pertinent fabrication requirements to...
5510.001 Optimization of Ground Vehicle Components for Weight Reduction
February 16, 2021
The objective of this effort was to demonstrate the advantages of AM through the redesign of a group of Army ground vehicle components to reduce weight. The redesigned parts met all other...
5505.001 Topology Optimized Reflective Optics (TORO) Additive for eXtreme Improvements in Optical Mounts (AXIOM)
January 09, 2023
In moving from a baseline design of a traditionally manufactured optical mirror/mount assembly to an exotic AM design enabled by advances in nTopology (nTop) Platform, the TORO team established...
3025.002 Advancing AM Post Processing Techniques (AAPT)
July 18, 2019
The objective of this project activity was to determine and enable the use of quantitative mechanical performance debits for both as-built and HIP’d thin-walled components and components with...
3025.001 Advancing AM Post Processing Techniques (AAPT)
July 18, 2019
The objective of this program was to expand the knowledge base of mechanical properties for thin sections in components produced by LPBF in IN718, including the effects of HIP. The project sought...
3026.005 ATRQ – Corrosion Performance Design Guide for Additively Manufactured Ni-base Alloy 625
July 18, 2019
The objective of this project was to develop authoritative data and new knowledge regarding the corrosion of AM material into a corrosion performance design guide for AM nickel-based 625. The...
3026.004 ATRQ – Service Life of Additive Manufacturing (SLAM) in Harsh Environments
July 18, 2019
The objective of this project was to deliver an open and comprehensive set of manufacturing tools to improve the rate of qualifying materials and part families. Another goal was to develop an...
3026.003 ATRQ Surrogate Damage Generation for LPBF Defects with Nickel Alloy IN718
July 18, 2019
The objective of this program was to quantify the impact of defects in LPBF with a controlled and systematic evaluation of material performance as a function of defect characteristics in nickel...
3026.002 ATRQ-Corrosion of AlSi10Mg in Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF)
July 18, 2019
The objective of the study was to advance the understanding of corrosion mechanisms of AlSi10Mg parts produced by LPBF and to validate mitigation strategies to facilitate adoption in DoD hardware....
3026.001 ATRQ-Surrogate Damage Generation for LPBF Defects with Ti-6Al-4V
July 18, 2019
The project team included The Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laboratory (Penn State), 3D Systems, Applied Optimization, and Northrop Grumman. A test plan was developed to...
3011 MAMLS Feature-Based Qualification Method for Directed Energy Deposition AM
January 22, 2019
The objective of this project was to improve the speed and confidence of directed energy deposition (DED) process qualification by identifying application space, process technology, and materials;...