MARS Facility Tour - After IAB Meeting (Member Event)

​Following the IAB meeting, you’re invited to a tour of the Miller Advanced Research and Solutions Center (MARS) from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.

​About The MARS Center

​Weber State University (WSU), 47G along with key federal (INL, AFRL, AFNWC), industry (Northrop, Boeing, Lockheed, Raytheon), State and community partners, recently sponsored MARS to address the production deficiency in high-temperature materials deployment advancing the emergent need to match known and fielded peer hypersonic capabilities. Key objectives include:

• ​Assist partner integrators with equipment and expertise solving emergent problems with pilot scale manufacturability of high-temperature materials.

  • ​Advance the Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) from Level 4 (~prototyping) to Level 6 (~pilot scale). Building a focused equipment set concentrating on unique, world-class, differentiating automation, scalable to mass manufacturing.

  • ​Functional prototype fabrication using MBSE; pilot scale demonstrators

  • ​Develop screening testing leading to qualification of high-temperature and ablation resistant materials.

  • ​Data curation and materials properties databasing

• ​Workforce Development—Integrate students into all the above activities (ITAR compliances maintain),  

  • ​Product, process, quality & systems engineering and manufacturing,

  • ​Creating future operators, technicians, engineers, and scientists.

​The Miller Advanced Research Solutions (MARS) center leverages the State of Utah’s donation of a 20,000 ft2 high bay facility with full CNC machine shop (EDA), AM tools, pilot scale manufacturing equipment and Weber State University’s administration.