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AFRL Wants To Gauge State of Propulsion Innovation

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AFRL Wants To Gauge State of Propulsion Innovation
Last year, the Air Force Research Laboratory's rocket propulsion division, said that it had designed, printed, built and hot fired the first single-block rocket-engine thrust chamber additively manufactured using a laser powder directed energy deposition, or DED, process. DED is an additive manufacturing process in which the device injects metal powder into focused beams of high-power laser in highly controlled atmospheric conditions, the Air Force said. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Aerospace Systems Directorate at Edwards AFB, Calif., wants to gauge the breadth of innovation for future missile propulsion under AFRL's Rocket Lab Hermes project, which may award contracts up to $250 million over the next two decades. "AFRL/RQRM [solid motors branch] seeks to design, develop, and demonstrate propulsion technologies for advanced missiles and similar vehicles," AFRL said in a business notice. "The breadth of technology area includes strategic and tactical missiles, from component development…

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