{"id":50022,"date":"2025-03-12T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/03\/12\/3d-printing-barracks-military-eyes-new-ways-to-cut-construction-costs\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:26:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:26:50","slug":"3d-printing-barracks-military-eyes-new-ways-to-cut-construction-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2025\/03\/12\/3d-printing-barracks-military-eyes-new-ways-to-cut-construction-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"3D printing barracks? Military eyes new ways to cut construction costs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army and Navy may soon use alternative methods for building barracks, including 3D printing, in an effort to reduce the financial burden, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/News-Stories\/Article\/Article\/4116518\/mass-timber-3d-printing-may-be-future-of-military-construction-for-army-navy\/\">according<\/a> to a Defense Department release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Top engineers for the respective services met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to discuss the potential use of 3D printing and mass timber construction as a means of maximizing cost efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dave Morrow, director of military programs for the Army Corps of Engineers, and Keith Hamilton, chief engineer for Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, spoke with members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group also discussed the use of high-performance cement, geosynthetics, composite materials, tension fabric structures, and carbon fiber-reinforced polymers, according to the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2023\/10\/18\/boeing-begins-3d-printing-apache-helicopter-parts\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635785248226372596-dfn-apache-1jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Boeing begins 3D-printing Apache helicopter parts<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Boeing has teamed up with ASTRO America to 3D-print parts for its Apache attack helicopter as a way to potentially improve supply chains and manufacturing.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn an increasingly complex global security environment, our commitment to innovation in military construction is not just about building structures, it\u2019s about building the resilience and readiness our forces need to prevail,\u201d Morrow said. He emphasized the importance of using cutting-edge construction methods to deliver sustainable and cost-effective infrastructure to provide service members with high-end facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Morrow said the technologies they seek to implement have already been put to use in several military installations. Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, and Fort Bliss, Texas, have already both used 3D printing, he pointed out, the latter specifically for projects involving barracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy had already employed the use of mass timber, Hamilton said, to build a child development center in Hampton Roads, Virginia. 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