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  • Boeing Invests in Morf3D to Advance 3D Printing Process Devt for Aerospace Applications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Invests in Morf3D to Advance 3D Printing Process Devt for Aerospace Applications

    Boeing has invested in Morf3D to help the El Segundo, Calif.-based company further develop additive manufacturing methods and engineering capabilities. Boeing said Monday it made the investment through its ventures arm HorizonX, which co-led the Series A financing round. “We are excited to be a distinguished and trusted partner of Boeing’s additive manufacturing supplier base, as we continue to […] More

  • Boeing, Oerlikon Form Titanium Additive Manufacturing Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Oerlikon Form Titanium Additive Manufacturing Partnership

    Boeing and Switzerland-based technology and engineering firm Oerlikon have agreed to collaborate on the development of standard metal-based 3D printing processes and materials. The companies will use the data from their collaboration to help additive manufacturing companies qualify their 3D-printed metallic components for aerospace applications under a five-year agreement, Boeing said Tuesday. “This agreement is […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Supply Satellite Propellant Tanks to Space Systems/Loral; Dave Shanahan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK to Supply Satellite Propellant Tanks to Space Systems/Loral; Dave Shanahan Comments

    Orbital ATK has received a five-year contract from a subsidiary of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates to produce and supply flight sets of titanium propellant tanks for integration with a commercial communications satellite. Orbital ATK’s space components division in California will manufacture flight sets comprised of two liquid propellant tanks for Space Systems/Loral’s SSL 1300 satellites, Orbital […] More

  • Alcoa to Supply Titanium for Lockheed’s F-35; Klaus Kleinfeld Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alcoa to Supply Titanium for Lockheed’s F-35; Klaus Kleinfeld Comments

    Lockheed Martin has awarded a potential nine-year, $1.1 billion subcontract to Alcoa for titanium plate and billet components on the F-35 fighter jet from 2016 to 2024. Lockheed will use the titanium build the airframe structures for F-35 variants such as the conventional takeoff and landing aircraft, short takeoff/vertical landing aircraft and the carrier variant, Alcoa said […] More

  • Lockheed Selects Dutch Firm for F-35 Wing Parts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Selects Dutch Firm for F-35 Wing Parts

    Lockheed Martin has tapped Netherlands-based Fokker Technologies to manufacture wing components for future F-35 jets through the end of 2017 for low-rate initial production lots 9 and 10. Lockheed said Wednesday that Fokker will supply wing flaperons and outboard leading-edge flaps that aim to enable the F-35’s “controllability.” These components are made of titanium and composite materials to deliver a […] More

  • BAE Debuts F-35 Metal Parts Machinery at Australian Plant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Debuts F-35 Metal Parts Machinery at Australian Plant

    A BAE Systems facility in Adelaide, Australia has started operating new machining equipment to produce titanium components for the F-35 fighter aircraft. BAE makes the metallic parts of F-35 vertical tails by using twin-spindle long spars and longeron machinery, the company said Tuesday. The company also uses the technology at its F-35 components machining plant […] More