Dyndrite leads America Makes’ $2M AIM-4AM project
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have announced that Dyndrite, based in Seattle, Washington, is leading the winning project of the Artificial Intelligence for Material Allowables in Additive Manufacturing (AIM-4AM) project call. Worth $2 million, the call was funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering’s Manufacturing Technology Office (OSD ManTech).
AIM-4AM aims to develop an artificial intelligence-driven framework to identify and quantify risk within current material allowables methodologies for 17-4PH stainless steel (H1025) produced by Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB). The initiative is intended to support more efficient qualification and certification of Additive Manufacturing materials for defence and commercial applications.
According to America Makes, the project will use machine learning techniques to model process–structure–property relationships and identify the most informative testing requirements. By linking potential reductions in physical testing to probabilistic risk categories, the framework seeks to reduce qualification costs and timelines while maintaining confidence in material performance.
“AIM-4AM represents a critical step toward modernising how we qualify and certify advanced materials, enabling faster, more data-driven decision making across defence and industrial applications,” stated John Martin, Additive Manufacturing Research Director at America Makes. “By applying artificial intelligence to target the highest-value tests and quantify risk with greater precision, the Institute is helping to reduce uncertainty while accelerating the pathway to field-ready Additive Manufacturing solutions.”
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Led by Dyndrite, the team consisting of Mimo Technik Printed Metal and RTX Technology Research Center (RTRC) is expected to report progress during the execution phase of the programme through presentations at the America Makes Technical Review and Exchange (TRX) and other industry events.
America Makes stated that the outcomes of the AIM-4AM project could support more agile production decisions and contribute to broader adoption of metal Additive Manufacturing technologies across critical industrial sectors.
