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America Makes Launches $2M AI-Driven Material Certification Project

2026-06-05

America Makes, in collaboration with the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) and the U.S. Department of Defense Manufacturing Technology Office, has officially announced the selected team for the $2 million AIM-4AM project. Led by Dyndrite, in partnership with Mimo Technik and the RTX Technology Research Center, the project aims to develop an AI-driven risk quantification framework for 17-4PH stainless steel (H1025) produced via laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). The framework identifies and quantifies risks in current material allowable methods, significantly reducing the physical testing scale required by traditional certification processes while maintaining rigorous statistical and engineering confidence. The outcomes will enable faster, more cost-effective additive manufacturing material certification, support agile decision-making for production parts, and accelerate adoption in both defense and commercial applications.

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America Makes启动200万美元AI驱动材料认证项目

America Makes联合国家国防制造与加工中心（NCDMM）及美国国防部制造技术办公室，正式公布总预算200万美元的AIM-4AM项目的入选团队。项目由Dyndrite领衔，联合Mimo Technik和RTX技术研究中心共同承担。项目核心目标是为激光粉末床熔融成形的17-4PH不锈钢（H1025）开发一套AI驱动的风险量化框架，识别和量化当前材料许用值方法中的风险，在保持严格统计与工程置信度的前提下，显著压缩传统认证流程所需的物理测试规模。项目成果将实现更快、更具成本效益的增材制造材料认证，支持生产零件的敏捷决策，加速国防和商业应用中的采用。

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