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• Naval spare parts logistics, built around centralized warehouses and extended supply chains, has long been a structural vulnerability in defense readiness. 3D printer manufacturer ROBOZE is leading DIgitales partes Ad Necessitatem Armatorum (DIANA), a research and development initiative backed by the Italian Ministry of Defence under the National Military Research Plan, to dismantle that dependency. …
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Naval spare parts logistics, built around centralized warehouses and extended supply chains, has long been a structural vulnerability in defense readiness. 3D printer manufacturer ROBOZE is leading DIgitales partes Ad Necessitatem Armatorum (DIANA), a research and development initiative backed by the Italian Ministry of Defence under the National Military Research Plan, to dismantle that dependency.
The program replaces it with a secure, distributed digital manufacturing infrastructure capable of identifying, reconstructing, and producing components at or near the point of use, whether in operational hubs or containerized units deployed in the field.
The consortium behind it brings together Donexit S.r.l. from the Tinexta Defence group, engine manufacturer Isotta Fraschini Motori S.p.A.,