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3D Printer Solves Engineering Challenges Onboard USS Somerset

When the team of engineers from the Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing Research and Education (CAMRE) loaded their 3D hybrid-metal printer onboard Somerset as part of the experimentation sector of Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2024, they had no idea that they would soon be asked to solve a real-world engineering casualty. Hours after being loaded on board, a critical component of the reverse osmosis pump, which generates clean water for the crew – an absolute necessity for ships spending long periods at sea – shattered.

The Navy Deploys 3D Printers at "World's Largest" International Naval Drills

The United States Navy is leveraging metal and polymer 3D printers during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in Hawaii, running until 2 August 2024. 40 ships, 150 aircraft, three submarines, 14 land-based armed forces and 25,000 personnel from 29 nations are participating in the military exercise, reportedly making it the world’s largest international series of naval drills.

3D Printer Solves Engineering Challenges Onboard USS Somerset

When the team of engineers from the Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing Research and Education (CAMRE) loaded their 3D hybrid-metal printer onboard Somerset as part of the experimentation sector of Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2024, they had no idea that they would soon be asked to solve a real-world engineering casualty. "The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement."

Snowbird to participate in TRIDENT WARRIOR/RIMPAC metal Additive Manufacturing assessment event

Snowbird Technologies, Jacksonville, Florida, USA, has announced that it has been selected by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing Research and Education (CAMRE) – the lead for Additive Manufacturing education and research at NPS – to participate in the 2024 Naval Experimentation exercises TRIDENT WARRIOR and RIMPAC to employ advanced manufacturing capability to afloat readiness challenges at the point of need.

Pentagon Asks Industry for Ideas to Protect Supply Lines

The Indo-Pacific theater stretches from the coast of California to the western shore of India, consuming more than 50 percent of the Earth’s surface with mostly water. When the Pentagon declared the region its priority theater, another challenge inevitably surfaced: contested logistics.

2023 Association of the United States Army Meeting & Expo

Snowbird Technologies will exhibit at the largest land exposition in North America, October 9-11 in Washington, D.C. Learn more about the event.

Metal AM Spring 2023

Separation anxiety: Lessons learned at NASA from a developmental rocket engine failure; What is 'good' metal AM?

Containerized Additive Manufacturing Platform Could Revolutionize Military Parts Procurement and Logistics

As global supply chain, shipping, and raw materials markets continue to fumble, essential entities such as defense forces are

Snowbird Technologies to Launch SAMM Tech

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 1, 2023 – Snowbird Technologies today announced that it will launch the patented Snowbird Additive Mobile Manufacturing

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