Moog Inc. Space and Defense Group recently won a technology development contract under the ‘Booster Propulsion Technology Maturation Broad Agency Announcement’ from the US Air Force. Moog will focus its efforts on additive manufacturing (AM) of parts for liquid fueled first stage rocket engines.
The Moog facility in East Aurora opened a titanium and stainless steel additive manufacturing center in 2014. Work on this contract will take place in the East Aurora facility which is co-located to the launch vehicle fluid controls engineers at Moog.
The Air Force awarded this contract to improve the U.S. industrial base capabilities for next generation launch vehicle booster engines. The US is committed to ending its reliance on foreign first stage rocket engines to launch strategic US assets into space.