Joint Additive Qualification for Sustainment – Supplier Qualification (JAQS-SQ) – Groups 2 & 3

America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are proud to announce a new open project call funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSD ManTech), worth a total of $10.5M. The project call, Joint Additive Qualification for Sustainment – Supplier Qualification (JAQS-SQ) – Groups 2 & 3, focuses on unified requirements and training for the qualification of laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) additive manufacturing (AM) and directed energy deposition (DED) suppliers for the metal AM industrial base. Up to 30 awards are anticipated in total.