AN INNOVATIVE APPLICATION OF COOLANT FED DRILLING USING HIGH PRESSURE COOLANT: 1500 TO 3000 PSI (10.3 TO 20.6), IS BEING DEVELOPED TO ENHANCE MATERIAL REMOVAL RATES AND TO IMPROVE TOOL LIFE IN TWIST DRILLS. THIS RESEARCH IS AN EXTENSION OF PREVIOUS WORK IN THE AREA OF JET ASSISTED MACHINING (JAM), WHERE 50,000 PSI (345 MPa) COOLANT WAS FED THROUGH A CARBIDE TURNING TOOL DIRECTLY TO THE RAKE FACE IN SINGLE POINT TURNING OF TITANIUM ALLOYS.