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Army Seeking Industry’s Help To Provide Tech Data To 3D Print More Parts

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Army Seeking Industry’s Help To Provide Tech Data To 3D Print More Parts
Prototype parts are 3D printed in the new Advanced and Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence to trouble shoot the machines at Rock Island Arsenal - Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center, Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., May 15, 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Debralee Best/RIA-JMTC)

The Army is asking industry to help provide more technical data required to 3D print a greater number of parts, as the service continues pursuing advanced manufacturing to bolster its sustainment and logistics capabilities Lt. Gen. Christopher Mohan, acting head of Army Materiel Command, said Wednesday his command has $250 million worth of “delinquent back orders,” mostly for parts, and pointed to the growth of 3D printing as a means of working through that backlog. “If we had the tech…

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