Agenda Day 2

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8:00 am - 8:50 am REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING IN THE EXHIBITION HALL

8:55 am - 9:00 am Chairman’s Opening Remarks

9:00 am - 9:30 am UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING FROM A MILITARY INTELLIGENCE PERSPECTIVE

  • Why the intelligence community is interested in advanced manufacturing 
  • The importance of advanced manufacturing in keeping the US military at optimal operational readiness 
  • Ensuring collaboration between the Department of Defense and industry for advanced manufacturing capabilities 


9:30 am - 10:00 am SCALABLE COMPOSITES ROBOTIC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING (SCRAM) FABRICATED CONTINUOUS FIBER COMPOSITE STRUCTURES

David Ivankovich - Staff Engineer, Advanced Manufacturing Technology R&D, Northrop Grumman

 

  • Fully automated factory in a cell 
  • Toolless, or hard tooled, manufacturing for rapid prototyping and high-rate production 
  • Preform fabrication for C/C composites 
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David Ivankovich

Staff Engineer, Advanced Manufacturing Technology R&D
Northrop Grumman

10:00 am - 10:30 am TUNGSTEN 3D PRINTING – NEW MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY FOR DEFENSE APPLICATIONS

  • How Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion (EB-PBF) technology enables the reliable 3D printing of pure tungsten components—overcoming traditional manufacturing and laser powder bed fusion limitations for high-density, high-temperature applications like hypersonics, kinetic penetrators, and radiation shielding 
  • This presentation will include initial mechanical property data, part density, and additional technical details showing the stability and consistency of EB-PBF printed tungsten 
  • Exploration of how this advanced manufacturing capability can potentially support defense applications by producing complex, refractory metal parts 


10:30 am - 11:00 am Morning Coffee and Networking in the Exhibition Hall

11:00 am - 11:30 am MANUFACTURING FOR THE US NAVY – ON AND OFF BOARD

  • Understanding the qualifications for additive manufacturing for the US Navy 
  • Additive manufacturing for current and future platforms 
  • The constraints and challenges that the US Navy faces with additive manufacturing 

11:30 am - 12:00 pm DEVELOPING ADVANCED DIGITAL MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY FOR THE US AIR FORCE

  • Updates on the work of the Manufacturing, Industrial Technologies and Energy Division’s Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems, or CAMS, Laboratory 
  • Enabling rapid refitting of systems in the field for quick turnarounds 
  • How the US Air Force is partnering with industry to further digital manufacturing 

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm IMPROVING THE DIGITAL THREAD IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

 

  • The importance of the digital thread for advancing emerging technologies 
  • Shortening the time spent on reformatting data to focus on work 
  • How digital threads lead to easier scaling 

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm LUNCH AND NETWORKING IN THE EXHIBITION HALL

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm ADVANCING US ADDITIVE CONSTRUCTION

  • Overview on the realities of additive construction 
  • Differences in expeditionary printing and construction printing 
  • Next stages of additive construction 

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm INNOVATING MATERIAL SOLUTIONS

  • Overview of the additive manufacturing research done at University of Southern California 
  • Research institutions partnerships with industry 
  • Current material innovation efforts 

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBITION HALL

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm GROWING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR AIRBREATHING HYPERSONICS

 

  • Consolidating manufacturing practices 
  • Initial challenges producing for the program 
  • Meeting environmental requirements 

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm THE VITAL ROLE THAT INSTITUES ARE PLAYING IN BUILDING AMERICA’S ADVANCED MANUFACTURING SECTOR

  • How institutes such as ARMS Institute, LIFT and MxD are partnering with DOD Mantech to push advanced manufacturing innovation in the DOD 
  • Ways institutes are partnering with industry to improve advanced manufacturing supply chains for the Department of Defense 
  • How institutes are helping the Department of Defense implement advanced manufacturing faster 
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Dr. Mohsen Seifi

Vice President, Global Advanced Manufacturing Programs
ASTM INTERNATIONAL

3:35 pm - 3:35 pm END OF CONFERENCE