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• QinetiQ Completes First Flight with 3D Printed Titanium Component Made from Recycled Aircraft Material February 19
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QinetiQ, working with Additive Manufacturing Solutions Limited (AMS Ltd.), has conducted what it says is the first flight of a helicopter containing a 3D printed structural component made from recycled titanium. The test flight took place at MOD Boscombe Down in Wiltshire using QinetiQ’s Flight Test Organisation.
The component was a hinge that forms part of an Air Data Boom on a QinetiQ-owned A109S helicopter being developed for ETPS flight test training school. QinetiQ handled the design and i