A dynamic compaction process comprising: forming a first preform including a pair of first boundary portions comprising: providing a first container, said first container having an interior and an exterior; filling said interior of said first container with a first powder material; sealing said first container; subjecting said exterior of said first container to an instantaneous dynamic compaction, wherein said instantaneous dynamic compaction applies pressure to the exterior of said first container resulting in said first container collapsing upon said first powder material; forming a solid powder metallurgy preform encased by said first container; and removing said first container from said solid powder metallurgy preform; forming a second preform including a pair of second boundary portions from a second, different powder material by another dynamic compaction; aligning said first preform and said second preform into a predefined pattern stacked alternating end-to-end in a series fashion in a second container, said second container comprises an interior and an exterior defined by a wall, wherein said predefined pattern comprises an interface wherein the interface comprises a common boundary shared by one of the first boundary portions of the first preform with one of the second boundary portions of the second preform, and the other of the first boundary portions, at an opposite end of the first preform, shares another common boundary with the other of the second boundary portions of the second preform; placing at least one backstop in said interior of second container adjacent to said first preform and said second preform, wherein said predefined pattern of first preform and second preform is located between said backstop and said wall of said second container; sealing said second container; subjecting said exterior of said second container to an instantaneous dynamic compaction, wherein said instantaneous dynamic compaction applies pressure to the exterior of said second container resulting in said second container collapsing upon said predefined pattern; bonding said first preform to said second preform along said interface; removing said second container from said predefined pattern; and forming a component precursor. providing a first container, said first container having an interior and an exterior; filling said interior of said first container with a first powder material; sealing said first container; subjecting said exterior of said first container to an instantaneous dynamic compaction, wherein said instantaneous dynamic compaction applies pressure to the exterior of said first container resulting in said first container collapsing upon said first powder material; forming a solid powder metallurgy preform encased by said first container; and removing said first container from said solid powder metallurgy preform; forming a second preform including a pair of second boundary portions from a second, different powder material by another dynamic compaction; aligning said first preform and said second preform into a predefined pattern stacked alternating end-to-end in a series fashion in a second container, said second container comprises an interior and an exterior defined by a wall, wherein said predefined pattern comprises an interface wherein the interface comprises a common boundary shared by one of the first boundary portions of the first preform with one of the second boundary portions of the second preform, and the other of the first boundary portions, at an opposite end of the first preform, shares another common boundary with the other of the second boundary portions of the second preform; placing at least one backstop in said interior of second container adjacent to said first preform and said second preform, wherein said predefined pattern of first preform and second preform is located between said backstop and said wall of said second container; sealing said second container; subjecting said exterior of said second container to an instantaneous dynamic compaction, wherein said instantaneous dynamic compaction applies pressure to the exterior of said second container resulting in said second container collapsing upon said predefined pattern; bonding said first preform to said second preform along said interface; removing said second container from said predefined pattern; and forming a component precursor.