Norsk Titanium, a global additive manufacturing supplier for aerospace-grade structural titanium components, announces delivery of flight critical aircraft structure to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), a leading developer of unmanned aircraft systems and prime contractor to the US Department of Defense.
Under a development contract with GA-ASI’s Additive Design & Manufacturing Center of Excellence, Norsk Titanium has delivered RPD® final machined components for test and evaluation. GA-ASI will conduct destructive testing in support of specification and part development.
Said Nicholas Mayer, president of commercial at Norsk, “After an extensive collaborative qualification effort over the past few years with Norsk Titanium, GA-ASI plans to apply the qualified process to structural components within their next generation platforms currently under development, and is planning on their first flight of a critical, structurally loaded component, within the 2024-2025 timeframe.”
Norsk Titanium has recently announced qualification and production milestones in their core commercial aerospace titanium market.
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