{"id":26210,"date":"2022-07-22T05:07:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T05:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/07\/22\/the-first-navy-ship-utilizes-3d-printing-out-at-sea\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:18:19","slug":"the-first-navy-ship-utilizes-3d-printing-out-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/home\/left-column\/2022\/07\/22\/the-first-navy-ship-utilizes-3d-printing-out-at-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy ship utilizes 3D printing out at sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy recently installed a 3D printer on board the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship Essex, stationed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, in Hawaii, to help test the new printing technology out at sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Naval Postgraduate School, which led the research effort on the technology, helped to install the printer on the Essex and run diagnostic tests on July 8 and July 9 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2022\/07\/11\/navy-officials-say-pacific-exercise-is-not-aimed-at-china-but-it-zeroes-in-on-defending-taiwan\/\">in the midst of the Navy\u2019s Rim of the Pacific exercise<\/a>, according to a Navy press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The installation of the 3D printer on the Essex offers a new approach for the service to fulfill its demand for needed supplies as the other services remain on their own paths to fully leveraging 3D printing technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During its testing and evaluation at sea, the new printer, capable of fabricating and printing aluminum, will produce various shipboard items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHaving this printer aboard will essentially accelerate, enhance and increase our warfighting readiness,\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/424703\/uss-essex-first-ship-participate-naval-postgraduate-school-3d-printer-research\" target=\"_blank\"> Lt. 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Nicolas Batista<\/a>, the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department officer aboard the Essex, said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe capabilities of the 3D printer will enable Essex to become more self-sufficient,\u201d Batista said, adding that commonly needed components like fuel adapters, bleed air valves, valve covers and more may now be created on the ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Naval Postgraduate School <a href=\"https:\/\/nps.edu\/-\/naval-postgraduate-school-and-xerox-collaborate-to-advance-additive-manufacturing-solutions\">worked with<\/a> the printing company Xerox to receive its own 3D printer around the same time the Department of Defense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cto.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dod-additive-manufacturing-strategy.pdf\">released<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cto.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dod-additive-manufacturing-strategy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"> its first additive manufacturing strategy<\/a>, better known as 3D printing, in January 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professors Garth Hobson and Emre Gunduz from the Naval Postgraduate School are helping to lead the school\u2019s work on additive manufacturing, including through a consortium for research and education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They shared in an interview with Military Times that while the machines currently only produce a specific aluminum alloy, they are working to expand that. 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