America Makes Names Six Suppliers for $1.7M Defense AM Qualification Project

• U.S. additive manufacturing innovation institute America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM), a defense manufacturing and machining organization, have named six winners for the Joint Additive Qualification for Sustainment, Supplier Qualification project call. Funded through the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Manufacturing Technology Office, the $1.7 million JAQS-SQ…

U.S. additive manufacturing innovation institute America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM), a defense manufacturing and machining organization, have named six winners for the Joint Additive Qualification for Sustainment, Supplier Qualification project call. Funded through the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Manufacturing Technology Office, the $1.7 million JAQS-SQ Group 1 effort is designed to support qualified additive manufacturing production for the defense industrial base. The project focuses on training and supporting manufacturers as they work to meet required process control documents for government production. Selected suppliers include 3D Systems, a U.S. 3D printing company; Alloyed, a company focused on metal alloy design and add