Stereolithography: Equipping the Integrated Product Team

Abstract

During the Government's attempts to streamline the acquisition process, several new concepts and ideologies have emerged. It was apparent that producing an affordable system meant designing with production in mind. To accomplish the, the producers and manufacturers had to be involved early in the life cycle, working hand in hand with the designers. In this report, we will focus on the specific asset, Stereolothography (SL), and its application within the Enhanced Fiber Optic Guided Missile (EFOGM) Seeker Integrated Product Team (IPT). The benefits derived by the EFOCM Seeker IPT, a rapid prototyping tool, were beyond expectation. We hope to illustrate the necessity of employing such tools early in design and development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA332626

Entities

People

  • C. Derrick
  • Matthew P. Lasater

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Cyber
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Aviation
  • Assembly
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Contractors
  • Engineering
  • Guided Missiles
  • Lessons Learned
  • Life Cycles
  • Manufacturing
  • Product Prototyping
  • Production
  • Production Engineering
  • Prototypes
  • Software Prototyping
  • Stereolithography
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Software Engineering.