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Inspection software and tooling firm Phase3D has been given a Department of the Air Force contract. Its Fringe Inspection platform will be used in ceramic matrix composites (CMCs). CMCs are an evolving class of materials used for applications such as turbine blades, thermal protection for hypersonic vehicles, and gas turbines. These materials have been engineered for super-high-temperature performance. Just one possible application, TPS, the thermal protection tiles on the skin of rockets, missiles, spacecraft, and the like, is incredibly significant. Blankets, tiles, and complex composite structures are often difficult to make and are a bottleneck for the New Space economy and the Air Force.
Just making TPS well at sale will be enough to warrant stratospheric investment by the US Governm