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Norsk Titanium Delivers Flight Critical Structure to the Defense Market

PLATTSBURGH NEW YORK, January 15, 2024 — Norsk Titanium (Euronext: NTI, OTCQX: NORSF), a global leader in additive manufacturing for aerospace-grade structural titanium components using its patented Rapid Plasma Deposition® (RPD®) technology, announces delivery of flight critical aircraft structure to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), a leading developer of unmanned aircraft systems and prime contractor to the US Department of Defense.

Under a development contract with GA-ASI’s Additive Design & Manufacturing Center of Excellence, Norsk Titanium has delivered RPD® final machined components for test and evaluation. GA-ASI will conduct destructive testing in support of specification and part development.

“General Atomics has been dedicated to maturing directed energy additive and implementing it in their production programs,” said Nicholas Mayer Norsk Titanium Vice President of Commercial, “After an extensive collaborative qualification effort over the past few years with Norsk Titanium, GA-ASI plans to apply the qualified process to structural components within their next generation platforms currently under development, and is planning on their first flight of a critical, structurally loaded component, within the 2024-2025 timeframe.”

Norsk Titanium has recently announced qualification and production milestones in their core commercial aerospace titanium market. The continued expansion of their defense market offerings is a key part of Norsk Titanium’s long term growth strategy.

For further information, please contact:

Nicholas Mayer, VP Commercial at Norsk Titanium

Telephone: +1 (310) 989-0088

E-mail: Nicholas.mayer@norsktitanium.com

About Norsk Titanium AS

Norsk Titanium is a global leader in metal 3D printing, innovating the future of metal manufacturing by enabling a paradigm shift to a clean and sustainable manufacturing process. With its proprietary Rapid Plasma Deposition® (RPD®) technology and 700 MT of production capacity, Norsk Titanium offers cost-efficient 3D printing of value-added metal parts to a large addressable market. RPD® technology uses significantly less raw material, energy, and time than traditional energy-intensive forming methods, presenting customers with an opportunity to better manage input costs, logistics, and environmental impact. RPD® printed parts are already flying on commercial aircraft, and Norsk Titanium has gained significant traction with large defense and industrial customers

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