Air Force issues national call for 3D scanner [Dayton Daily News :: BC-CPT-3D-SCANNER-USAF:DY]
Additive manufacturing and computer design experts, the Air Force needs your ideas.
As part of a national effort to harness the speed and flexibility of additive manufacturing often called “3D printing” the Air Force this month issued a call for a “cutting-edge automated 3-D scanning system” that can quickly scan complex parts to produce three-dimensional models.
The idea is simple: Help the warfighter quickly reproduce or reverse-engineer crucial parts parts that in some cases may be years old and perhaps no longer readily available.
The Air Force is looking for solutions fast. White papers on the subject are due Jan. 25, with a request for proposal scheduled to be issued Feb. 4. Proposals from interested experts are due March 5, and the Air Force expects to choose a solution by the end of March. (The commercial solutions opening can be found at beta.sam.gov or at this li
Photo Credit: Spintech Holdings, Inc.
Spintech Holdings, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio, U.S.) announced on Jan. 18 the opening of a new composites manufacturing business division named Hawthorn Composites. This new division extends Spintech Holdings’ composite capabilities beyond the existing Smart Tooling division that provides formable and reusable composite tooling solutions for complex geometry composites.
Hawthorn Composites specializes in manufacturing complex geometry composite parts using novel dry fiber preforming and resin infusion techniques. When appropriate, additional value can be realized through the use of Smart Tooling solutions. According to Spintech, this combination of technologies significantly lowers labor and material costs, while maintaining structural integrity and weight neutrality when compared to conventional prepreg and autoclave-cured components.
Air Force issues national call for 3D scanner [Dayton Daily News, Ohio]
Jan. 15 Additive manufacturing and computer design experts, the Air Force needs your ideas.
As part of a national effort to harness the speed and flexibility of additive manufacturing often called “3D printing” the Air Force this month issued a call for a “cutting-edge automated 3-D scanning system” that can quickly scan complex parts to produce three-dimensional models.
The idea is simple: Help the warfighter quickly reproduce or reverse-engineer crucial parts parts that in some cases may be years old and perhaps no longer readily available.
The Air Force is looking for solutions fast. White papers on the subject are due Jan. 25, with a request for proposal scheduled to be issued Feb. 4. Proposals from interested experts are due March 5, and the Air Force expects to choose a solution by the end of March. (The commercial solutions opening can be found at beta.sam.gov or at this link.)
Andrew Rene Hernandez, 22, pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft
Hernandez faces a maximum sentence of one year in prison and is slated to be sentenced in April
The drone collided with the LAPD helicopter on September 18 last year
It damaged the helicopter s nose while two police were inside, and forced them to make an emergency landing
The FBI raided Hernandez s home in October and he was arrested in November
Hernandez was identified from the memory card of the downed drone
When Allan Crasto retires as Executive Director of the University of Dayton Research Institute March 1, he will leave behind a legacy of significant organizational growth in a variety of forms. In the five years since he assumed the role, sponsored research revenue grew by 70 percent to $170 million, the employee population grew by 60 percent to 709, UD rose from third to first place among all colleges in the nation in materials research, and UDRI was reorganized and rebranded.
But Crasto’s contributions to research growth began 32 years ago, when he joined UDRI as a research scientist specializing in polymer-matrix composites. He quickly earned a reputation not only for his technical expertise, but for his ability to develop relationships with Department of Defense and industry customers and build research programs, said John Leland, vice president for research at UD.