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The US Army’s DEVCOM Armaments Center, headquartered at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey, has become one of the US military’s most important hubs for drone R&D. At the recent Valiant Shield exercise in the Indo-Pacific, a team from the Armaments Center showed off how forward-thinking it is in its drone manufacturing approach by incorporating electronics 3D printing into remote drone repair operations.
At Valiant Shield (June 21-July 2), one member from the Armaments Center worked with participants at Schofield Barracks in Oahu, while another three from Picatinny were at Camp Kinser, the Marine base in Okinawa. Meanwhile, another engineer stayed back at headquarters in New Jersey to provide support from a distance. Additionally, the Armaments Center representatives collaborated on the 3D pr