AFRL Innovates with New Lightweight Additive Manufacturing for Rocket Engines

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2024

The Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Rocket Propulsion Division has achieved a significant milestone by designing, printing, building, and testing a unique single-block rocket-engine thrust chamber using an innovative additive manufacturing technique known as laser powder directed energy deposition (DED). "AFRL's investments in early advanced manufacturing techniques allow us to expl