# Third Wave Systems wins $3M US Air Force contract for composite machining software

Third Wave Systems was awarded a $3 million contract by the US Air Force Life Cycle Management Center to expand its machining simulation software to polymer matrix composite materials used in warplane programs.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-12-22
- Where: United States
- Value: $3.00M
- Status: completed
- Products: machining simulation software for composite materials
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Third Wave Systems](https://endata.com/companies/18069.md)
- [United States Air Force](https://endata.com/companies/18070.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [machinery.co.uk](https://www.machinery.co.uk/content/news/five-axis-machining-of-composite-materials-successfully-modelled-by-third-wave-systems), 2017-12-22: "Following a $3 million contract by the United States Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, one of the largest funded projects in the company’s 20-year history"

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