Domain
Advanced Manufacturing and Materials
Production methods and engineered materials that improve how components are designed, made, and brought into use, from automated factories to lightweight structures.
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Field-wide rating
Who Builds It22
No maturity ratings yet for AM General, Austal USA, Bechtel, BWX Technologies, DEVCOM Soldier Center, Fincantieri, GE Aerospace, General Dynamics Electric Boat, Ingalls Shipbuilding, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MIT Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, NASA Glenn Research Center, Newport News Shipbuilding, NIST Engineering Laboratory, NIST Material Measurement Laboratory, Northrop Grumman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oshkosh Defense, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, Savannah River National Laboratory, United Launch Alliance
- AM GeneralDeveloper · USPublicly described capability; no product-wide maturity or TRL inferred.—
- Austal USADeveloperPublicly described capability; no product-wide maturity or TRL inferred.—
- BechtelIntegrator · USPublicly described capabilities; no product-wide maturity or TRL inferred.—
- BWX TechnologiesDeveloper · USPublicly described capabilities; no product-wide maturity or TRL inferred.—
- DEVCOM Soldier CenterResearcher · USThe cited official source identifies this topic in the organization’s research or capability portfolio; no technology maturity inferred.—
- FincantieriDeveloperPublicly described capability; no product-wide maturity or TRL inferred.—
- GE AerospaceDeveloper · USPublicly described capabilities; no product-wide maturity or TRL inferred.—
- General Dynamics Electric BoatDeveloper · USPublicly described capabilities; no product-wide maturity or TRL inferred.—
- Ingalls ShipbuildingDeveloper · USPublicly described capabilities; no product-wide maturity or TRL inferred.—
- Los Alamos National LaboratoryResearcher · USLaboratory research capability; not a claim of a commercial product or fielded system.—
- MIT Institute for Soldier NanotechnologiesResearcher · US—
- NASA Glenn Research CenterResearcher · USPublic research or engineering capability; no program-wide maturity or military deployment inferred.—
- Newport News ShipbuildingDeveloper · USPublicly described capabilities; no product-wide maturity or TRL inferred.—
- NIST Engineering LaboratoryResearcher · US—
- NIST Material Measurement LaboratoryResearcher · US—
- Northrop GrummanDeveloper · USNorthrop’s B-21 announcement states that its design and production use digital engineering practices and advanced manufacturing techniques.—
- Oak Ridge National LaboratoryResearcher · USThe cited institution source explicitly documents this capability.—
- Oshkosh DefenseDeveloper · USPublicly described capabilities; no product-wide maturity or TRL inferred.—
- Pratt & WhitneyDeveloper · USPublicly described capabilities; no product-wide maturity or TRL inferred.—
- Rolls-RoyceDeveloperPublicly described capability; no product-wide maturity or TRL inferred.—
- Savannah River National LaboratoryResearcher · USLaboratory research capability; not a claim of a commercial product or fielded system.—
- United Launch AllianceDeveloperPublicly described capability; no product-wide maturity or TRL inferred.—
Placed by each organization's own maturity for this technology; TRL is self-reported or estimated, see confidence.
Breakdown7
- Advanced additive manufacturing beyond prototyping, especially for metals, ceramics, and large-scale structuresLayer-by-layer production of finished metal, ceramic, and large structural parts, extending additive manufacturing from prototypes to usable components.—
- Advanced composites and lightweight metalsComposite materials and low-density metals that reduce structural weight while meeting strength and durability requirements.—
- High entropy alloysMetal alloys containing several principal elements, designed to achieve combinations of strength, stability, and resistance to demanding environments.—
- Materials by design utilizing AI and autonomous development and productionUsing computational models, AI, and automated experiments to design materials with desired properties and develop ways to produce them.—
- Materials with novel, tailored, and improved properties, including biomaterials and substitution of rare-earth or critical minerals-based alloys with earth-abundant mineralsEngineering materials for specific properties, including biological materials and alternatives that reduce dependence on scarce mineral ingredients.—
- NanomanufacturingManufacturing structures and devices with features at the nanoscale to control material behavior and component performance.—
- Smart manufacturing and use of digital threads and digital twinsConnected production systems that link design and manufacturing data, with digital models used to monitor and improve physical equipment and processes.—