NASA Engages Specialty Engineering Firm COSM for Key Design Responsibilities COSM Advanced Manufacturing Systems LLC has been selected to design an electron beam system for an in-space autonomous assembly program. The work will be funded by a contract from NASA’s Langley Research Center in partnership with Orbital ATK, NASA’s Glenn Research Center, and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. Under NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD), COSM will join a team of companies in a public-private partnership to establish a “Commercial Infrastructure for Robotic Assembly and Services” (CIRAS) in space. The CIRAS program will advance key technologies for in-orbit manufacturing and assembly of large space structures that will help the agency meet its goals for robotic and human exploration of the solar system. “The assembly and fabrication of structures in space under autonomous robotic control, is of course extremely challenging. Our effort focuses on development of the electron gun and optics and beam control and metrology systems for this application,” said Richard Comunale, Founder and President of COSM. “We are excited and proud of the opportunity to bring our unique expertise to this project.” This effort builds on COSM’s collaboration with NASA Langley Research Center’s Electron Beam Free Form Fabrication (EBF3) program, which uses focused electron beams to perform additive manufacturing (3D printing) of metals critical to the space and aerospace industry, including: • Titanium • Inconel • Aluminum Under this collaboration, COSM has developed enabling technology for an advanced Electron Beam 3D metal printing system. This new approach provides in-situ metrology and adaptive process control for end users in large space, aerospace, and commercial applications.

Feature-length documentation of a video game’s meteoric rise to global blockbuster status to release on major Digital platforms worldwide & DVD/Blu-Ray formats

Devolver Digital Films announces CODumentary, a documentary following a story centered about the blockbuster video game Call of Duty, releasing on digital platforms worldwide on Tuesday, September 19th at 10 AM PST.

The 93-minute feature documentary, created by Jonathan Beales, explores how the video game Call of Duty grew into a global entertainment blockbuster. Video game publisher/film distributor Devolver Digital will release the documentary worldwide on all major digital platforms on September 19th. DVD/Blu-Ray formats will be also be released.

“One of the biggest challenges was encapsulating a 15-year timeline into 93 minutes. I was fortunate to work with a lot of great people whose input & contribution helped make this happen. It’s a rich story of evolution told through the eyes of games developers, fans, industry experts and professional players.

It’s been a 5-year journey and even though the documentary is centered around video games, the story is always about the human input and endeavour. The rich experiences of developing games, playing them or waiting in line to buy them will always remain center stage,” said Producer Jonathan Beales.

Filmed across USA, UK & Europe including the D-Day beaches, CODumentary is told by developers, fans, professional players and numerous games experts, who describe in rich detail what makes the game so special and why it’s been successful from launch to the present day. Jonathan Beales is an industry professional with over 31 years’ experience in video games marketing & mainstream media.