Air Force Materials & Manufacturing History

Science/Technology/Engineering Program Areas

- Coatings/Fluoro-carbon Elastomers
- Non-flammable Hydraulic Fluids
- Fibers and Fibrous Materials
- Advanced Composites: Resins/Fibers/Design
- Light Weight Metals for Aircraft
- Structures Advanced Development Programs
- Space Craft Structures
- Forging Die Design
- Quick Reaction Capability and Response
- Failure Analysis/Accident Investigations
- Co-located Engineers - Major Programs
- M&P Technologies for War Efforts
- Materials Design Databases
- New NDI Technology: Flight Line and Depots
- Rugate Filters: Human Eye Protection/Astronomy
- Tactical Armaments FLIR Windows
- Adaptive Optics/Solid State Laser Optics
- Laser-Hardened Space/Tactical Optics
- Gen. Schriever Comes to ML
- Carbon/Carbon RV Nose Tips/Rocket Nozzles
- Filament-Wound Rocket Motor Cases
- Laser Lethality/Hardening
- Ceramic Rocket Nozzle
- Space Surveillance IR Sensors

- AF Manufacturing Technology Established in ML
- Processing Science
- ICAM/AFCAM/Tech Mod/RepTech/CAI/MAI
- Industrial Base Analyses
- Lean Mfg. and Sustainment/Factory of the Future
- Leadership/Team Building
- Organizational Devt./Managing the 80s/TQM
- Roadmapping Strategy/Relationships/Industry
- NDI: Retirement for Cause
- Superalloys/High Temperature Materials
- M&P for New Engines/IHPTET, VAATE
- Ceramic/Plastic Matrix Composites
- Engine Vibration Damping
- IR Detectors/Focal Plane Arrays
- Thermal Control Coatings
- Space Launch Motors/Cases
- Traveling Wave Tubes
- Ultrahigh Purity Crystals
- High Performance Permanent Magnets
- Molecular Beam Epitaxy Process Control
- Radiation Hardening
- Successful Partnerships Highlights

Program Areas