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• Recently, I wrote about an article by Col. Michael Mai, Chief of the US Army Working Capital Fund, in which he argued that the Army is “mispricing readiness” and that...
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Recently, I wrote about an article by Col. Michael Mai, Chief of the US Army Working Capital Fund, in which he argued that the Army is “mispricing readiness” and that additive manufacturing (AM) could save the military far more than is typically acknowledged. The core of his argument is that when AM helps the military prevent wasted funding on lost training time by getting relevant hardware back into service, the Pentagon should account for that in its acquisition protocols.
While Col. Mai specifically referenced the lost Army training time resultant from out-of-service tanks that were viable candidates for repair using AM, I noted in my post that there are presumably countless other scenarios across all US branches where the same logic applies. For instance, DVIDS just reported on a case