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The secretary of the Army<\/a> announced an advanced manufacturing policy this week that looks to use technologies like 3D-printing, robotics, artificial intelligence<\/a> and composite materials to change everything from how soldiers fix equipment in the field, to how much their weapon systems weigh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As opposed to an armor brigade combat team<\/a> requesting replacement parts from a warehouse 1,000 miles away, troops could eventually have a 3D-printer churning them out inside the Conex box of a sustainment brigade, putting an Abrams tank<\/a> back into the fight faster and cheaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy said the initiative he signed will put strategic guidance out to the service and industry partners to indicate that Army leaders will be putting the resources, people and funding into advanced manufacturing technology in future funding plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re already doing it in 2021, but we needed to get more aggressive so we could have a comprehensive approach,\u201d McCarthy told Army Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army has had some success in looking at advanced manufacturing concepts, such as the work done in 3D-printing at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, where a Center of Excellence for Advanced and Additive Manufacturing was stood up in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe want to now tie that with all the research and development efforts that we have with Army Futures Command, bring [Army Materiel Command] together,” McCarthy said. “Dr. [Bruce D.] Jette, our acquisition executive, puts this policy together, works with industry to have a more comprehensive approach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does advance manufacturing look like?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, composite materials and machine learning have already brought a new industrial revolution to private industry, according to Dr. Alexis L. Ross, a deputy assistant Army secretary for strategy and acquisition reform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a significant step forward in manufacturing and design,\u201d Ross said, recalling one of the times she visited an Army vendor\u2019s facilities where they were developing composite materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAn interesting composite material where they were taking silicon and metal and essentially fusing it together,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd that silicon-metal composite ends up being flexible, light weight, resilient, heat resistant … it\u2019s got these combinations of great physical properties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Marine examines a 3D printed unmanned aerial system vehicle before a flight demonstration by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 27,2017. The UAS vehicles are designed to cater to individual missions based on distance, endurance, and carrying capacity needs. By creating a system that is easier to set up and more cost effective than traditional UAS devices, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory hopes to revolutionize the way troops conduct assignments. The Marine is with 2nd Marine Division. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Gloria Lepko)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This technology is already available today in the civilian world. A Boeing 737 flying commercially can have parts throughout the airframe that are 3D printed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other services, like the Air Force<\/a>, are already doing this as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If private industry and the Air Force can put 3D-printed parts into their aircraft, \u201cwhy can\u2019t we put that on a ground combat vehicle?” McCarthy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what does it mean for brigade combat teams?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Army leaders hope advanced manufacturing will have two key benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, it\u2019s expected to reduce the cost of equipment and parts: \u201cIf you can produce them much faster, and have them on hand, you can reduce costs because you can be lighter,\u201d McCarthy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, the technology could significantly enhance the Army\u2019s logistics train, helping its forces fight further away from the U.S. industrial base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you had an expeditionary capability, for example, to print parts, you\u2019d be able to extend the range of a brigade combat team,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cTheir ability to replace parts quickly, doing it within hours, as supposed to weeks. … There\u2019s an immediate return where you can put it in to tactical formations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The world’s largest concrete 3D printer constructs a 500-square-foot barracks hut at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in mid-August in Champaign, Illinois. (Courtesy photo\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The effort could also help increase operational rates for legacy equipment by shortening the supply chain back to the manufacturer, which may or may not have the right spare parts immediately available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those parts, thanks to things like composite materials, could also weigh substantially less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA key principle in manufacturing weapons systems is how do you find ways to reduce the weight of the weapon system so it is faster and it can carry more weapons or avionics payloads, because you reduced the weight of parts,” McCarthy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving forward on advanced manufacturing is necessary to keep pace with the United States\u2019 peer adversaries, namely China, according to Ross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cChina has been investing significantly,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019re predicted to be the largest user of robotics in production by the year 2025. They just bought 400,000 3D-printers and they\u2019re putting them in every elementary school in the next two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf we don\u2019t start taking action, we will fall behind and we need to catch up,” she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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