Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Awarding agency: Department of Defense / Department of the Navy
Funding agency: Department of Defense / Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Period of performance: 2012-08-13 to 2015-08-13
Current total value of award: $22747997.69
Description: THE IFAB FOUNDRY WILL PROVIDE A DISTRIBUTED MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY THAT INCLUDES THE SELECTION OF PARTICIPATING MANUFACTURING PROCESSES AND EQUIPMENT, THE SEQUENCING OF THE PRODUCT FLOW AND PRODUCTION STEPS, THE GENERATION OF MACHINE INSTRUCTION SETS, AND THE GENERATION OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR HUMAN WORKERS. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE IFAB FOUNDRY CAPABILITY IS LIKELY TO RESULT FROM THE AMALGAMATION OF EXISTING FABRICATION CAPABILITIES FROM A MODEL LIBRARY THAT CHARACTERIZES THE SALIENT ATTRIBUTES OF EACH MODALITY OF FABRICATION: COST, SPEED, RANGE OF APPLICABILITY, SPEED OF RECONFIGURABILITY, ETC.