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
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