September 15, 2011, the U.S. government approved the Lockheed Martin Corp. Mading F35 Lightning II stealth fighter to a breakthrough in low-temperature titanium alloy to produce one of the components.
This low-temperature titanium processing cutting, coupled with the appropriate material-handling, make the cutting tool life increased by 10%. F35 coordination of the joint program office estimated that the new standard in the process of roughing process, that is, the greatest impact on the progress and time-consuming, cost-intensive machining process related to the production of titanium parts using low-temperature titanium alloy processing technology, can improve the production of F35 efficiency can also be reduced by approximately 25% titanium affordability.
According to the work of the Creare company, HM Dunn Company, and MAG International Accounting Standards of the U.S. Navy Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Office and Lockheed Martin F35 Joint Program Office (JPO), the past few years has been concerned with low-flow low-temperature titanium processing of development, funded through an SBIR award. The project's research and development, design, development and testing of high-performance titanium processing.
America's largest machine tool manufacturer Creare is the first-tier supplier, low-temperature titanium alloy performance demonstration was completed in May, F35, Lightning II 5th generation fighter, combining advanced stealth fighter speed and agility, fully integrated sensor information, the network functions of operation and advanced stability. Lockheed Martin is the main industrial partners, at the same time, Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems jointly developed.