Two University of Arizona scientists will develop new 3D-printed materials for hypersonic missiles in Tucson under a Navy grant.
David Wichner Can 3D printers produce parts that can withstand the high heat and stress of hypersonic flight?
People are also reading… Their Navy grant is just the latest funding award for the UA’s growing programs in hypersonic technologies as the Pentagon and contractors, including Tucson-based Raytheon Missiles & Defense, scramble to catch up with Russia and China on the development of hypersonic missiles.
Traditional manufacturing processes like forging are effective for simple shapes, but using the same material for 3D printing isn’t ideal, Wessman said. “Combining all these pieces will give us a unique capability in terms of the infrastructure for advanced manufacturing,” Tin said in a news release announcing the grant.
In early December, UA Systems and Industrial Engineering Professor Roberto Furfaro was awarded a three-year, $4.5 million contract to lead the development of improved guidance, navigation and control systems for “autonomous vehicles operating at hypersonic speeds.” Formed to commercialize the method developed by UA associate professors of medicine Ruslan Rafikov and Olga Rafikova, Metfora launched as a startup in 2020 through Tech Launch Arizona, the school’s technology commercialization arm. The company also got coaching as a resident team at Arizona FORGE, a UA business accelerator, and last year joined the UA Center for Innovation incubator at the UA Tech Park.
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