AFRL researchers pave the way to lighter, faster additively manufactured rocket engines
Air Force Research Laboratory
Video by Justin T Hayward
April 18, 2024 | 0:55
The Air Force Research Laboratory Rocket Propulsion Division recently tested a thrust chamber in Experimental Cell (EC-1). AFRL designed, printed and built a first-ever, single-block rocket-engine thrust chamber additively manufactured using a process called laser powder directed energy deposition, or DED (U.S. Air Force video) More