DARPA News March 11, 2024
DARPA’s new Rubble to Rockets (R2) program aims to overcome current limitations to manufacturing in supply chain-denied environments by developing production and design approaches that can accommodate widely variable input materials. Performers will focus on creating an inexpensive, flexible, and robust platform for the production and characterization of raw material for use in structural fabrication. DARPA hypothesizes that the analytical framework would allow for rapid upgrades to incorporate the growing number of new material developments and fabrication methods, thus significantly reducing adoption risk that traditionally take decades to retire. An R2 Industry Day is scheduled for Mar. 18, 2024, to provide information to potential proposers on the objectives of the program… read more.