In additive manufacturing (AM), there are many potential benefits for cost savings, among them being • integration of many conventional components into a single AM build; • complex shapes and orientations; • product volume control (short runs for sustainment vs. longer runs for new production); and • limited post-build [...]
For critical applications such as aerospace, naval, automotive and energy, performance continually drives the need to innovate. And whether it’s designing new components or sustaining legacy platforms, the engineering innovation “push” must be balanced against the “pull” of safe and reliable operation. This is where qualification standards and certification [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Brentwood, TN, October 10, 2022 – The United States Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office (USAF RSO) has signed-on for a yearlong Phase III program with VEXTEC Corporation. The Phase III program will deploy VEXTEC’s VPS-MICRO computational predictive software to USAF engineering teams at the forefront of [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Brentwood, TN, October 10, 2022 – VEXTEC Corporation was awarded a sole source contract from the U.S. Navy to expand its Corrosion Cracking Maintenance Prediction Software (CCMPS). CCMPS is used by the Navy to predict the future maintenance needs for aluminum (5000 series) ship structures. The [...]
Recognizing the need to maintain competitive technological advantage against adversaries, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has been organizing a strategy to implement additive manufacturing (AM) – also known as 3D printing – across its vast enterprise. Though AM technologies are varied in their materials and methods, they can [...]
The transformation of additive manufacturing (AM) from the fringe to a proven application has happened in a matter of years. Along the way, the factories deploying the method have also transformed to open up new possibilities for production. At this point, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and the Tier 1 [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BRENTWOOD, Tenn., April 28, 2020—VEXTEC® Corporation in Nashville, TN, has been awarded a small business innovative research (SBIR) contract, supported by Aerojet Rocketdyne, to develop an additive manufacturing certification framework for Air Force applications, with the objective of accelerating the qualification and adoption process for new additive [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BRENTWOOD, Tenn., November 18, 2019 – VEXTEC was selected to be an awardee at the Air Force’s inaugural Technical Executive Officer Pitch Day, held near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio on November 15, 2019. This marked the second Pitch Day award that VEXTEC garnered [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BRENTWOOD, Tenn., November 18, 2019 – Last week, VEXTEC was among a shortlisted group of small businesses that participated in the US Air Force’s Open Innovation Pitch Day for Rapid Sustainment. After VEXTEC’s Phase I work demonstrated the feasibility of a virtual [...]
Most people probably remember the TV show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. One of the more popular “police procedural” television franchises in the recent past, CSI: (and its similarly named spin-off shows) differentiated itself by giving the crime scene’s evidence the starring role. Much of [...]