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Alcoa's Advanced Aluminum Aerostructure Initiative (A3I)
A3I Goals
- Showcase the benefit of working with Alcoa early in the design phase
- Demonstrate advanced technology
- Reduce cost of installed aerostructures by 50%
A3I Highlights
- High potential for substantial cost and part count reductions
- Potential for weight savings
- Maintains existing structural performance
- Existing production infrastructure
- Cost-effective repairability
Low cost, high performance aerostructures through leading Alcoa technology
Alcoa’s extensive resources are providing the United States Armed Forces with twenty-first century solutions. By collaborating with Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, Alcoa’s Advanced Aluminum Aerostructures Initiative (A3I) applies Alcoa’s extensive design and manufacturing methodologies to aerospace solutions. Alcoa’s main objective is to implement the design of low-cost, high-performance aluminum aerostructures on key and diverse military airframes.
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