MMPDS-25: The Global Aerospace Materials Standard - New Version Available

The Global Aerospace Materials Standard

MMPDS is the worldwide recognized standard for statistically validated material properties in safety-critical applications. Authorities such as FAA, DoD, and NASA accept the published A-/B-/S-basis values as reliable foundations for certifications in the aerospace industry. The database delivers design-relevant mechanical and physical properties for hundreds of structural metals in various conditions, product forms, and dimensions. All data is collected and evaluated according to standardized statistical procedures.

In industrial practice, developers in the automotive and machinery industries also rely on MMPDS data alongside aerospace and space applications to accelerate development and certification processes.

MMPDS-25: Enhanced Features and Additive Manufacturing

The MMPDS database is maintained under the leadership of Battelle USA in cooperation with material manufacturers, aerospace companies, and authorities in a continuous process. The new MMPDS-25 contains the most current material data and evaluation methods recognized by FAA/DoD. Therefore, MMPDS-25 is the crucial information source for developers and certification engineers.

A strategically important innovation is the activities for additive manufacturing, which are integrated into Volume 2 of the MMPDS handbook. This expansion addresses the growing importance of additive manufacturing in aerospace applications.

Seamless Integration with Matplus EDA

Data integration into modern development processes is ensured with the Matplus version of MMPDS. Matplus EDA can be seamlessly integrated into CAD and CAE tools, allowing designers to work in their familiar environment for material selection and assignment for components, e.g., in Siemens NX, Catia, Creo, and Solidworks. Electronic workflows additionally contribute to securing and accelerating development processes.

Benefits for Engineers and Decision Makers

For engineers and decision-makers, the Matplus MMPDS-25 database provides a unified, highly reliable data foundation. The standardized values from MMPDS increase calculation accuracy, reduce testing efforts, and shorten development cycles. In safety-critical projects, they create planning and certification security.

The integration of MMPDS-25 into Matplus EDA as a flexibly expandable, company-wide master data system forms a central resource that provides reliable material data, seamless system integrations, and accelerated development processes.

Availability

The new version is available in various formats:

• Online Subscription
• Database integrated in Matplus EDA
• Data sets for Siemens Teamcenter and Siemens NX

MMPDS Workshop on October 16th, 2025

Following the Matplus EDA® User Meeting, a half-day workshop on MMPDS-25 will take place in Wuppertal in English.

As a special guest, we welcome Doug Hall, the program manager responsible for MMPDS at Battelle from Columbus/OH. He will exclusively report on current developments in the MMPDS project and provide an outlook on future extensions.

Aerospace Materials Engineering using the MMPDS and EDA®

Thursday, 16.10.2025

• 01:30 pm - 01:45 pm: Uwe Diekmann, Matplus GmbH: Welcome and Introduction
• 01:45 pm – 02:30 pm: Doug Hall, Battelle Memorial Institute: MMPDS overview and current activities
• 02:30 pm - 03:00 pm: Thies Marwitz, Matplus GmbH: MMPDS 25 and Matplus EDA: Features, Functions, Extras
• 03:00 pm – 03:30 pm: Coffee break
• 03:30 pm – 04:15 pm: Doug Hall, Battelle Memorial Institute: MMPDS and Additive Manufacturing - MMPDS Volume 2
• 04:15 pm - 04:45 pm: Morteza Poudat, Matplus GmbH: Evaluation of data from materials testing using Matplus EDA
• 04:45 pm - 05:00 pm: Discussions and Closing

For registration and more information about the workshop, please contact our team.

About Matplus: Matplus GmbH, based in Wuppertal, Germany, combines unique materials expertise with leading software solutions for smart and lean materials engineering: JMatPro® and Matplus EDA®. The Matplus team of materials engineers and software experts enables an increasing number of customers in production, engineering, material development, and science to work more efficiently with their materials data and, thus, accelerate their processes worldwide.