Home / Industrial Additive Manufacturing / Defense / Norsk Titanium joins first America Makes project to qualify RPD for defense Additive Manufacturing Defense Industrial Additive Manufacturing Metal Additive Manufacturing Norsk Titanium joins first America Makes project to qualify RPD for defense The 12-month JAQS-SQ award targets qualified status for Ti-6Al-4V across all U.S. Department of Defense services Davide Sher August 4, 2026 1 minute read Norsk Titanium's Plattsburgh facility Stay up to date with everything that is happening in the wonderful world of AM via our LinkedIn community. Norsk Titanium was selected for its first America Makes project, joining the Joint Additive Qualification for Sustainment – Supplier Qualification program, known as JAQS-SQ. America Makes is the United States’ leading public-private partnership focused on advancing 3D printing and additive manufacturing, established to make the U.S. globally competitive by accelerating technology adoption. The fully funded, 12-month JAQS-SQ project supports qualification pathways for Norsk Titanium’s RPD process, which speeds up the adoption of additive manufacturing in defense applications. On completion, Norsk Titanium will hold qualified status as a supplier of Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy products across all U.S. Department of Defense services. Norsk Titanium’s RPD Ti-6Al-4V alloy was recently accepted into the Metallic Materials Properties Development and Standardization (MMPDS) Handbook and qualified for aerospace and other defense applications. Norsk Titanium is one of 25 project teams selected under JAQS-SQ Groups 2 and 3, a $10.5 million call funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Manufacturing Technology Office, that expands the JAQS network to 31 suppliers and targets qualification of laser powder bed fusion and directed energy deposition producers for the metal additive manufacturing industrial base, as VoxelMatters reported when the winners were announced. The JAQS-SQ selection follows Norsk Titanium’s award under the Defense Industrial Base Expansion, Development, and Growth Enterprise (DIB-EDGE) initiative, where the Department of War committed $4.2 million to advance RPD® for submarine and maritime applications as part of its Industrial Base Policy. Rising defense spending and heightened geopolitical tension have pushed the Department of War to close domestic capacity shortages across critical materials. Traditional titanium supply chains face long lead times, material constraints, and limited casting and forging capacity, while RPD® offers a ready- now pathway to expand production through faster, more resilient, and scalable manufacturing.