Last month, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks and Deputy Secretary of Energy David Turk visited Oak Ridge National Laboratory to see how DOE's science investments are applied directly to real-world DoD missions.
A research team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have 3D printed a thermal protection shield, or TPS, for a capsule that will launch with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft as part of the supply mission to the International Space Station.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers combined additive manufacturing with conventional compression molding to produce high-performance thermoplastic composites reinforced with short carbon fibers.