Defense & Military Welding Applications

WeldComputer® adaptive controls are used in the most critical military and defense applications for the Army, Navy, Air Force, NASA, National Laboratories, and the National Nuclear Security Administration.

• WeldComputer is the only controls company represented on the D17 committee that writes the military specification for the industry.*
• Applications that rely on WeldComputer® technology include:
  • Antenna array on Patriot Missile
  • Other missile system components
  • Military jet engines
  • Recouperator on engine to M1 tank
  • Heat shielding on engine of space shuttle
  • Aluminum spot welding on fighter planes
• Several provisions have been written in the most recent release of the D17 (Military) Specification for Aerospace Welding to allow manufacturers to take fuller advantage of adaptive control technology.
• Military approvals for defense contractors using WeldComputer® adaptive controls to eliminate destructive testing date back more than 20 years.
• A major aerospace defense manufacturer welding aluminum with a WeldComputer® adaptive control demonstrated a reliability exceeding 99.9999 percent.

Learn more about how to use clauses in the D17.2 MIL-SPEC to eliminate destructive testing.

Read about how a defense contractor was able to eliminate porosity and cracks in its aluminum spot welds needed for MIL-SPEC compliance.