Norsk Titanium secures $4.2M DIB-EDGE contract
Norsk Titanium, headquartered in Hønefoss, Norway, has received a contract award of nearly $4.2 million from the US Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy under the Defense Industrial Base Expansion, Development, and Growth Enterprise (DIB-EDGE) initiative.
The DIB-EDGE programme is intended to support the development of next-generation manufacturing capabilities to strengthen US maritime and submarine industrial capacity. The funding will support development activities related to Norsk Titanium’s Rapid Plasma Deposition (RPD) Additive Manufacturing technology over an eighteen-month contract period.
According to the company, the programme will focus on qualifying RPD-produced components for critical applications. The work is also expected to support the further development of the technology for processing both titanium and nickel-based alloys.
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Norsk Titanium stated that the award highlights the potential role of its Directed Energy Deposition-based Additive Manufacturing technology in the production of high-performance components for demanding applications.
