The Debrief: DOD Grant Seeks To Revive Lost U.S. Domestic Titanium Supply

Credit: Defense Logistics Agency.

Making high-purity titanium for aerospace and defense applications is expensive, complicated and hot.

A start-up U.S. company seeking to revive domestic titanium sponge production with a new, lower-energy manufacturing process has won a new financial boost from the Defense Department. A $12.7 million grant awarded on Oct. 30 to IperionX Technology LLC by the Pentagon will help commission and scale...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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