Amaero International Limited (ASX:3DA) (“Amaero” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that Michael “Mick” Maher has joined Amaero as Fellow – Defense Programs.
Mr. Maher has over 30 years of expertise in advanced materials and manufacturing experience with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL).
While working at DARPA as Program Manager, he led a portfolio of programs specializing in advanced materials and manufacturing which included Tailorable Feedstock and Forming, Materials Development for Platforms, and Open Manufacturing programs. The programs enabled rapid qualification of new manufacturing technologies and development of new advanced materials. Prior to joining DARPA, Mr. Maher worked at ARL as Chief of the Composite and Hybrid Materials Branch and Chief of the Materials Application Branch. In his role at ARL, he oversaw advanced materials research and development programs. More recently, he has served as Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of The Applied Science and Technology Research Organization of America (ASTRO), a research institute advocating for adoption of additive / advanced manufacturing. Earlier in his career, held various technology and management positions over a 20-year period at Martin Marietta, AAI and DuPont. He has received numerous awards including Fellow with the Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (SAMPE), the Secretary of Defense’s Award for Excellence, the 100 Greatest Army Inventions and the Society of Manufacturing Engineer’s Jud Hall Composites Manufacturing Award.
Hank J. Holland, Amaero Chairman and CEO commented,
“Amaero has worked with Mick Maher in a consulting capacity over the past year and he has collaborated with Eric Bono for over a decade. We are thrilled to have Mick join our leadership team. He brings deep knowledge of strategic defense programs, including hypersonic and strategic missile platforms, and he brings decades of applied research with high-temperature materials. His experience with rapid qualification and insertion of new manufacturing technologies and advanced materials will be instrumental to our navigating defense programs’ progression from RDT&E to production. His experience, his knowledge of the various programs and his connectivity within the defense ecosystem, coupled with Amaero’s positioning as the largest and most responsive U.S. domestic producer of C103, refractory and titanium alloy powders, will be invaluable to our strategic planning, corporate development and commercial efforts. Amaero is committed to continue expanding and strengthening our business development leadership, particularly as it relates to the defense and space sectors. As we aspire to be a valued partner to the DoD-funded laboratories and to the prime defense and space contractors, Mick is an important addition to Amaero’s team.”
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About Amaero
Amaero International Limited (ASX:3DA) is an ASX-listed company with manufacturing and corporate headquarters located in Tennessee, USA. Amaero is a leading U.S. domestic producer of high-value C103, refractory alloy, and titanium powders for additive and advanced manufacturing of components utilized by the defense, space, and aviation industries. The technical and manufacturing team brings decades of experience and know-how with pioneering work in gas atomization of refractory and titanium alloys. The Company has commissioned advanced gas atomization technology with an industry leading yield of AM powder. The Company is also a leader in PM-HIP (Powder Metallurgy Hot Isostatic Pressing) manufacturing of large, near-net-shape powder metallurgy parts with forged-equivalent material properties and microstructure for a variety of alloys.
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Jane Morgan
jm@janemorganmanagement.com.au