EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFRL) — The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) upgraded its fabrication shop equipment with 20 new state-of-the-art machines for manufacturing rocket components that will enhance capabilities, increase accuracy, and save money.
The Rocket Propulsion Division, part of AFRL’s Aerospace Systems Directorate, recently modernized its fabrication shop with five new computer numerical control, or CNC, milling machines; three CNC lathes; a waterjet cutter; a wire electrical discharge machining, or EDM machine; a sinker EDM machine; and a small hole EDM and numerous manually operated machines.