Texas-Based Company Wins Pentagon Contract for 3D Printed Explosives

Explosive news!

"... SD&S has secured an initial $2 million Pentagon contract to develop and prove its cutting-edge 3D production system. ...

VLM, which will allow it to safely, cost effectively and consistently manufacture both conventional and innovative explosive material for use in artillery ammunition, solid rocket motors, aircraft bombs, pyrotechnics and small arms propellant. ..."

From the company's website:

"VLM™ (Viscous Lithography Manufacturing) is a lithography-based additive manufacturing technique that uses a transparent film to transfer material onto a build platform, where they are cured by light to form 3D printed parts.

When applied to energetic materials, VLM™ offers an innovative approach to producing high-performance components. ..."

Texas-Based Company Wins Pentagon Contract for 3D Printed Explosives "The technology start-up “Supernova Defense & Space” based in Austin is developing a patented VLM-assisted 3D processes that will allow it to produce military grade energetic materials."