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Representatives of the US Army’s DEVCOM Armaments Center trained Marines to use 3D printing for repair electronics components repair at the recent Valiant Shield event in the Indo-Pacific. Not long after, at the RIMPAC exercise (also in the Indo-Pacific), additive manufacturing (AM) software provider 3YOURMIND partnered with Phillips Corp. to demonstrate AM-enabled distributed supply chain capabilities aboard the USS Essex.
Meanwhile, AM also played a role in multiple other projects during the two exercises, warranting some follow-up discussion on both. First, there was Manufacturing Attritable Systems at Scale (MASS), an effort revolving around 3D printed vessels, both manned and unmanned. This was part of a showcase called ‘Print on the Move,’ the point of which is exactly what it sound