Continuous Composites has been awarded a multi-year contract with the U.S. Army DEVCOM Aviation and Missile Center (AvMC) to improve the capability, producibility and affordability of parts printed with its CF3D technology.
The work carried out through this contract will support current and future missile platforms and tap into the expertise of the U.S. Army's Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) program. America Makes is also a key partner of the initiative.
As part of this exploratory effort, Continuous Composites is assessing opportunities to apply its CF3D technology, advanced materials, and fibre-steered design capabilities within the Precision Strike Missile architecture.
The aim is to address the constraints of existing manufacturing approaches for complex, high-performance parts, standing up a scalable manufacturing approach that can support applications such as nose cones, fins, leading edges, bulkheads, and other components that demand high performance, cost efficiency, and accelerated delivery times.
"We believe our technology provides game-changing capabilities to the U.S. industrial base, and we are focused on solving some of the toughest challenges related to high-performance and high-temperature materials," said Steve Starner, CEO of Continuous Composites. "Our goal is to lower program risk, improve system capability, and position our customers for confident, scalable production in the future in alignment with Department of Defense priorities."
