Duraframe

Duraframe is an Enclave-utilized technology that was primarily used in the construction of the Duraframe Eyebot series, as well as Enclave Hellfire armor.

Background
In approximately 2275, Duraframe was utilized by Dr. Whitley in the reinforcement of combat model Eyebots at Adams Air Force Base. Discontent with the speed of the project's development, Colonel Augustus Autumn ordered the project to be hastened by Dr. Grant, a senior researcher on the project. After a confrontation with Dr. Whitley concerning ethics, Dr. Grant's involvement caused the project's assets to be transferred to the development of Hellfire armor.

In protest, Whitley sent Enclave Duraframe Subject E, the prototype and final functional model in the Duraframe Eyebot series, on a journey to the faraway Navarro outpost. Along with an audio log intended for Narvarro scientists, Whitley included several databanks on the machine, representing the sum of the results of his research on the Duraframe Eyebots along with research into Poseidon Energy and the company's projects in the Mojave area.

By 2281, ED-E was struck by a .308 round and sent offline due to the damage, though avoiding permanent destruction due to its Duraframe reinforcement. Should ED-E be repaired and "awakened," the information has the potential to allow the Mojave Brotherhood of Steel to create their own army of Duraframe Eyebots.

Characteristics
As the nature of Duraframe is left ambiguous, it is unclear whether it is an engineering process, model name, or advanced material similar to Saturnite. Utilized in the reinforcement of combat model Eyebots and the construction of Hellfire power armor, sizable amounts of Duraframe technology can apparently be reproduced by factions like the Brotherhood of Steel.

While the chassis and armor of ED-E can be upgraded by Lorenzo to have a "clean" appearance, it is unclear whether the enhancements are made using Duraframe. 