Moog Inc. has won a technology development contract under the booster propulsion technology maturation broad agency announcement from the US Air Force. Moog will focus its efforts on additive manufacturing of parts for liquid fueled first stage rocket engines. Moog will explore the material properties unique to additive manufacturing and discover the fault tendencies of the materials using in-house additive manufacturing technologies and failure analysis techniques.

Moog will improve the additive manufacturing processes to avoid those faults in the production phase. The Air Force awarded this contract to improve the US industrial base capabilities for next generation launch vehicle booster engines. The US is committed to ending its reliance on foreign first stage rocket engines to launch strategic US assets into space.