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5522.003 Demonstrate Additive Manufacturing of Ultra-High Temperature Composite Materials
December 02, 2022
The objective of this program is to develop PBF and material extrusion material formulations that yield high temperature microstructures, greater than...
5522.002 Hypersonics Enabling AM: Demonstrate Technical Solutions for Thermally Managed & Shape-Stable Leading Edge
December 02, 2022
The project aims to develop an integrated thermal management solution for high heat flux tolerant leading-edge designs that are broadly applicable to different hypersonic platforms. The proposed...
5522.001 Advanced Additive Manufacturing of Rocket Engine Components
December 02, 2022
The objective for the effort is to advance the state- of-the-art in metal additive manufacturing of rocket engine components and establish UMT and the U.S....
5533 Post-Process Optimizing of Additive-Manufactured Nickel-Based Superalloys
September 14, 2022
The goal of the project is to design, fabricate, and construct a scaled, rotatable processing apparatus and associated tooling to facilitate the application...
5524 Hybrid Manufacturing for Rapid Tooling and Repair
September 13, 2022
The objective of this project is to develop and demonstrate the hardware and software tools required to fabricate and inspect tool and die components using a...
5517 Hybrid Additive Manufactured Oil Coolers (HAMOC)
September 13, 2022
Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is an exceptional tool for generating casting replacements of complex geometries, while traditionally manufactured tube packs...
5001.002.002.002 Metal Lattice Design, Testing, and Application Study
September 02, 2022
The objective of this program is to establish best practices to successfully design and integrate metal lattice structures with a part boundary region such as a thin wall or skin material. A...
5526 Demonstration of an Approach to Manufacturing Taller AM Parts than Previously Achievable
August 05, 2022
This objective of this project is to address the shortcomings of LPBF in printing low-angle overhangs without support and the manufacturing of taller (up to 1 meter) AM parts in a thin-walled...
5529 Site Specific Cold Spray Implementation Approval and Building Best Practices for Future Implementations
June 08, 2022
The objective of this project is to provide the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), all individual Services (Air Force, Army, Navy), and other United States Government (USG) locations a...
5523 Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM) Engine Part Manufacturing and Testing
May 09, 2022
This project seeks to understand if electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM) could be developed into a viable, alternative means of sourcing engine hardware and other ground vehicle sustainment...
5512 Additive Manufacturing Qualified Low Volume Production (QLVP) for Expeditionary and Small Manufacturer Applications
May 09, 2022
The objective of this project is to improve the operational readiness of the Army’s Ground Vehicle Systems by enabling faster and lower-cost access to replacement parts. The program seeks to...
5001.002.001.003 Strategies for Real-Time Defect Mitigation for Additive Manufacturing (AM) Processes
February 28, 2022
The objective of this effort is to develop and demonstrate key processes necessary to realize interlayer repair in an LPBF system based on automated flaw detection demonstrated in prior efforts....
