| Abstract Scope |
Additive manufacturing is reshaping how we design, produce, and sustain critical systems—but unlocking its full potential demands rethinking long-held assumptions about materials, sensing, and qualification. This keynote will explore three DARPA programs driving necessary transformations in additive manufacturing technologies. METALS envisions breaking the “one part–one material” paradigm, enabling continuous optimization of local material composition to meet diverse performance and sustainability demands. SENSE integrates sensors directly into metallic structures during fabrication, creating “smart” components that monitor their own health under extreme conditions. SURGE redefines qualification by predicting the life of each unique part from in-situ data, enabling secure, distributed production of high-performance components on demand. Together, these efforts point toward a future where additive manufacturing unlocks unprecedented design freedom, ensures reliability at scale, and enables new capabilities at the speed of relevance. |