Aug. 2, 2024 AFRL Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems Laboratory officially opens The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate celebrated the opening of the Manufacturing, Industrial Technologies and Energy Division’s Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems, or CAMS, Laboratory during a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 23, 2024.
May 16, 2024 AFRL honors its newest senior scientist at induction ceremony The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, hosted a promotion and pin-on ceremony to honor its newest senior scientist Dr. Mark Benedict, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, May 9, 2024.
April 20, 2024 AFRL researchers pave the way to lighter, faster additively manufactured rocket engines The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Rocket Propulsion Division, recently designed, printed, built and hot fired a first-ever, single-block rocket-engine thrust chamber additively manufactured using a process called laser powder directed energy deposition, or DED.
Dec. 21, 2023 Sooner Advanced Manufacturing Lab Grand Opening The University of Oklahoma officially opened the Sooner Advanced Manufacturing Lab during a grand opening event attended by government, military and defense industry leaders held Nov. 28. This facility represents a significant advancement in the partnership between the Oklahoma Aerospace Defense
July 24, 2023 Building the ‘Sandcastle’: 76 CMXG starts sand casting aluminum parts The 76th Commodities Maintenance Group and Reverse Engineering and Critical Tooling (REACT) Lab at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, have added the capability to sand cast aluminum parts in-house. The new technique adds one more tool to address the difficulty in sourcing parts for legacy aircraft.
Nov. 18, 2022 AFRL enhances Computed Tomography Lab with state-of-the-art infrastructure, imaging capabilities The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, hosted an official tour of its recently renovated Computed Tomography Laboratory Nov. 9, 2022.
Nov. 17, 2022 AFRL’s Additive Manufacturing Laboratory celebrates newly renovated facility, addition of custom 3D-printing system The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Nov. 9, 2022, to celebrate the reopening of its recently renovated Additive Manufacturing Laboratory, as well as the installation of a novel 3D-printing system for aerospace-grade materials.
Sept. 29, 2022 Casting new methods of production saves Air Force time, money The 448th Supply Chain Management Wing, part of the Air Force Sustainment Center, has a new additive manufacturing approach to solve an old problem, sourcing hard to acquire parts for legacy aircraft. By digitally recreating the mold used to create cast parts, instead of building the part from
Aug. 25, 2022 OC-ALC unveils DOD-first in additive manufacturing The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex and Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Propulsion Directorate, along with industry partner General Electric, recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Complex’s second Reverse Engineering and Critical Tooling lab which hosts 3D metal printers
Aug. 25, 2022 OC-ALC Unveils DOD-first in Additive Manufacturing The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex and Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Propulsion Directorate, along with industry partner General Electric, recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Complex’s second Reverse Engineering and Critical Tooling lab which hosts 3D metal printers