GKN Aerospace and AFRL Launch $8.4M TITAN-AM Titanium Programme

3D Printing Industry

·Apr 17, 2026·Added 6 months ago

Engineering and manufacturing company GKN Aerospace has partnered with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), committing $8.4 million to a new initiative called Titanium Industrialization and Technology Advancement for Near-net Additive Manufacturing (TITAN-AM). The program is designed to utilize wire-based laser metal deposition (LMD-w) for real-world aerospace production, with a particular focus on building…

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