The National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining and America Makes have revealed the winners of a USD 3.2 million project call sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for AM process qualification/requalification.

The project aims to address challenges associated with AM process qualification, improving the agility of AM processes, and efficiently validating qualified AM materials.

Award-winning project teams, including Senvol, RTX (Raytheon), and EOS, will develop qualified AM processes, enhancing flexibility in various variables and material feedstock, and employ statistical analysis for qualified AM material validation.