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Manufacturing woes could sink US sub fleet. Can 3D printing save it?

November 06, 2023

U.S. Navy officials say this building, the Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence, represents the future of the submarine industry — and perhaps the service’s only path to building the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine and Virginia-class attack submarine on time.

https://www.defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/2023/11/06/manufacturing-woes-could-sink-us-sub-fleet-can-3d-printing-save-it/

Manufacturing woes could sink US sub fleet. Can 3D printing save it?