DARPA plans to consolidate materials science, computational materials engineering, engineering, design, analysis and manufacturing principles under the Materials Development for Platforms program, DARPA said Thursday.
The goal is to cut new materials development time from 10 years to at most three years.
âIn this program, we want to move from the current mindset of sporadic âpushesâ in materials technology development to a mindset that âpullsâ materials technology forward driven by platform design intent and mission need,â said Mick Maher, DARPA program manager.
âWe want to reach out to potential performers in all of the relevant scientific and engineering communitiesâand from both large companies and small businessesâso they can team together to create the most effective solutions possible,â Maher added.
DARPA wants to test the development concept on the design of a hypersonic vehicle outer aerodynamic shell.