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The University of Maine has launched 3Dirigo X, a 30-foot, 3D printed vessel engineered to reach speeds near 40 knots and withstand offshore conditions, marking an advance for large-scale 3D printing from demonstration technology toward a practical manufacturing tool for commercial and defense shipbuilding.
The boat was designed and built at UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC), under executive director Habib Dagher. University, federal and defense officials attended the launch and on-water demonstration in Hampden, including University of Maine System Chancellor Dannel Malloy, UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, and Keith DeVries, Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Director at the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
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