The Manufacturing Focus Area develops technologies that acquisition programs need to make the design, fabrication, construction, repair and sustainment of naval platforms more affordable. This focus area also supports manufacturing S&T that accelerates the delivery of capabilities to the fleet and force. Advanced manufacturing technologies include additive manufacturing, repair and sustainment technologies, and coupling computational tools from design to sustainment.
Manufacturing Focus Area Lead:
Dr. Jennifer Wolk
jennifer.n.wolk.civ@us.navy.mil
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Research Areas
ManTech
- Advanced manufacturing enterprise technologies
- Digital thread/ digital twin, AI/ML
- Composites and non-metallic materials
- Coatings, insulation, transparencies
- Polymers
- Ceramics
- Electronics and Electro-optics
- Energetics
- Metalworking
- Welding, castings, forgings, processing
- Automation, and robotics
Sustainment Technologies
- Condition based maintenance (CBM)
- Corrosion control technologies
- Repair technologies
Manufacturing S&T
- Materials and processes for additive manufacturing
- Processing at multiple scales
- In-line sensing and analysis
- Tools for confident performance prediction and rapid qualification
- Manufacturing capability acceleration