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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 solution to decrease the time and cost when certifying metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) components, the Air Force’s Rapid Sustainment Office (RSO) awarded Phase II funding to the program at the Pitch Day event in San Francisco on November 13, 2019.

“This innovative event brought together small businesses from around the country, and demonstrated the RSO’s vision for accelerating the discovery and implementation of new technologies and methods for the Air Force,” said Dr. Bob Tryon, VEXTEC’s Chief Technology Officer. “We offer special thanks to the RSO Team for facilitating such a great event.”

Under the Phase II program, VEXTEC will lead a collaborative team from Universal Technology Company (UTC) and University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI), further enhancing its VPS-MICRO predictive durability software to meet the challenges of AM.

“Additive Manufacturing, with all of its potential, also presents unique obstacles along the path to developing efficient certification techniques. VPS-MICRO:AM will be an important product for VEXTEC, because it represents the integration of Additive Manufacturing process modeling with performance prediction to provide a better tool for certification,” noted Dr. Animesh Dey, Chief Product Development Officer for VEXTEC.

VEXTEC’s successful Air Force Pitch Day work continued two days later, as it also won technology transition funding at the inaugural Technical Executive Officer Pitch Day in Dayton, Ohio on November 15.

VEXTEC and its collaborative partners begin work this month.

Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office Pitch Day, November 2019. Pictured from left to right: Mr. Nathan Parker (RSO Deputy Program Executive Officer); Dr. Bob Tryon (VEXTEC Chief of Technology); Dr. Animesh Dey (VEXTEC Chief of Product Development); Mr. Brian Bullerman (Managing Partner at Treble One Consulting)