Author(s): Raymond M. Kolonay
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The meeting brought together over 85 participants from 15 countries and was divided into three primary sessions: novel materials, novel design methods, and novel manufacturing techniques for military vehicles. Each session had a keynote presentation, followed by the exposition of several technical papers, in turn followed by a panel discussion. The keynote presentations and papers provided a good mix of industry research (at a higher technology readiness level/manufacturing readiness level [TRL/MRL]) and academic research (at a lower TRL/MRL). The design methods discussed ranged from the component level to full system level, while much of the materials discussion was focused on moderate to high temperature materials, along with meta-materials. The manufacturing session focused on additive manufacturing and automated composite lay-ups. To advance the development of novel materials and manufacturing techniques, particularly for extreme environments, it is essential to foster tight collaboration between materials scientists, design engineers, and manufacturing experts.
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ABSTRACT
The AVT-384 Research Specialist Meeting (RSM), exploring novel materials and manufacturing in military vehicle design, was held in Koblenz, Germany, in October 2024. It brought together experts from NATO countries to address the issues and potential gains of breaking down barriers and tightly integrating component/system design, material development/design, and manufacturing processes for military vehicle development. The goal of the meeting was to identify the state-of-the-art, as well as areas of future research, to enable tighter collaboration between component/system design, materials, and manufacturing, resulting in more effective capability to the warfighter (defined as greater performance/$) at an accelerated rate of delivery.
