MTI To Assist In The Production Of Next Generation Rocket Engine

MTI is proud to announce that they have partnered with the University of California San Diego chapter of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS@UCSD) to sponsor the students in their next round of research regarding the use of aerospace additive manufacturing. This partnership between MTI and SEDS was formed so that MTI could contribute aerospace additive manufacturing services to aid in the construction of Triteia – a semiautonomous, chemically propelled 6U CubeSat competing in NASA’s Cube Quest competition. SEDS has elected to construct Triteia’s engine through additive manufacturing using direct metal laser sintering (DMLS). Triteia’s engine, Callan, will be made from Inconel 718.

The Cube Quest competition, sponsored by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate Centennial Challenge Program, offers a total of $5 million to teams that meet the challenge objectives of designing, building and delivering flight-qualified, small satellites capable of advanced operations near and beyond the moon.

Cube Quest teams will have the opportunity to compete for a secondary payload spot on the first mission of NASA’s Orion spacecraft, which will launch atop the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.

About Metal Technology (MTI)

With more than forty years of experience applying innovative, proprietary technologies, Metal Technology (MTI) is making possible the use of difficult alloys for a wider range of applications with greater efficiency, versatility, and reliability. Alloys include Tantalum, Niobium, Zirconium, Titanium, Tungsten and Molybdenum. MTI uses specialized deep-draw, spinning, forging, machining, EDM, and additive manufacturing methods to deliver superior products according to your exacting specifications.

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