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Completed TRL 6 (started at 3, targeting 6)
Develop and mature manufacturing technology to enable fabrication of single-piece integrally-stiffened launch vehicle structures to replace expensive, heavy, and risky multi-piece welded assemblies. Status: Have demonstrated fabrication of subscale single-piece cylinders with integrally formed cryogenic tank barrel scale stiffeners using the Integrally Stiffened Cylinder (ISC) process. Developing strategy for scale up with intermediate scale application on Sounding Rockets.
Develop and mature manufacturing technology to enable fabrication of single-piece integrally-stiffened launch vehicle structures to replace expensive, heavy, and risky multi-piece welded assemblies.
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