Description
The Carbon Crunch program aims to enable scalable, fast, and agile production of hypersonic aeroshells by developing and applying cutting-edge composite manufacturing methods. Performers will be asked to demonstrate an end-to-end manufacturing process that demonstrates high quality, rapid production, and quick design-cycle turnaround. The program is looking for solutions that can achieve high, reliable production throughput for relevant aeroshell geometries while maintaining quality and controlling cost.
Key aspects of the program include:
• Developing innovative C-C manufacturing methods that are inherently faster and more scalable
• Demonstrating an end-to-end manufacturing process for producing C-C aeroshells
• Achieving high production throughput while maintaining quality and controlling cost
• Enabling scalability via high throughput and manufacturing agility
• Developing a new integrated process for producing C-C aeroshells that yields high-quality aeroshells at a high rate and is agile enough to switch from one design to another with minimal downtime