With this latest contract, Solideon’s technology is thought to address pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF) and help to strengthen the national defence of the United States of America.
The project, which originated as a Navy-funded initiative, was successfully transitioned to the Army following the completion of Phase One and is now entering Phase Two with a 2 million USD contract.
The Meltio Engine Blue has been designed to allow defence and industrial manufacturers enhance their CNC machining capabilities with agility and scalability for 'mission-critical' parts.
The company will work with Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) and Fleet Readiness Center East (FRC East) to explore and characterise advanced materials tailored for military flight hardware over a four-year period.
It follows a lengthy validation process that took more than a year, after a contract manufacturer supplying parts to Honeywell expressed an interest in using 6K’s metal powders.
On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by Major General Phil Prosser, who has served as a British Army officer and engineer for 33 years.
The first two phases will focus on advancing the adoption of Constellium’s Aheadd CP1 Aluminum alloy, which is thought to be well-suited to 3D printing thermal management and heat exchanger components.
University researchers will work with the U.S. Army through the DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center and the Rock Island Arsenal Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center to develop industrial processes for implementing AM at scale.
