A U.S. Marine Corps Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Basic Gunner Course student assigned to the LAAD Training Section, Air Control Training Squadron, Marine Corps Communications-Electronics School fires an FIM-92 Stinger missile aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, July 16, 2021. The purpose of the exercise was to certify entry level LAAD students to fire the FIM-92 Stinger missile, a graduation prerequisite before moving to the Fleet Marine Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colton Brownlee)
“We’ve adapted our extensive experience in additive manufacturing, materials development, and propulsion production to the most pressing problems facing the SRM industry,” Ursa Major CEO Joe Laurienti…
The U.S. has already provided seven large 3D printers to Kyiv, according to Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William LaPlante.
The recently delivered equipment will allow Ukraine to up its game with additive manufacturing to generate spare parts for its battlefield forces, Pentagon acquisition chief William LaPlante…
U.S. Marine Gen. Eric M. Smith, the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks to Marines from Marine Corps Recruiting Station Montgomery and Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion 23rd Marines at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, Feb. 10, 2023. The purpose of this visit was to communicate with the Marines to address questions and concerns about improving the force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Shannon Doherty)
Ricardo Nicolia, 809th Maintenance Support Squadron mechanical engineer, uses a 3D scanner on a part at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Dec. 2, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)
At a time of supply chain challenges, HII is applying additive manufacturing advancements to 3D print integral parts it needs to build platforms by the Navy’s deadlines.
The joint version of the fiscal 2023 NDAA asks the Pentagon to evaluate how additive manufacturing could speed-up hypersonic weapons testing and save money.
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Cyrus Bartony prepares a 3D printed face shield to be printed through modeling software April 9, 2020, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mandy Foster)
