Team Makes Headway on Qualifying AM Hypersonic Aerospace Parts

Velo3D, Campbell, Calif.; Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md.; and Vibrant, Albuquerque, N.Mex., teamed up with the U.S Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) LIFT Institute on a data-driven approach to certifying materials and methods for additively manufactured aerospace systems. The external team project, which was part of LIFT’s Hypersonics Challenge, has now concluded the first phase of a study of a 3D-printed ramjet engine.

LIFT is a nonprofit public-private partnership between the DoD, industry,..