Congressional Adds

Abstract

The Marine Corps continues to research and evaluate next generation logistics solutions for key sustainment technologies focused on enabling and enhancing combat capabilities in support of Expeditionary Advanced Based Operations (EABO). Specifically, the USMC seeks to enhance small maneuver units' ability to generate power, create purified water, and provide for its own subsistence. This includes identifying and integrating non-traditional power and propulsion technologies to enhance sustainment and tactical advantages. In addition, the USMC will evaluate logistics technologies that operate in the surface domain to fill identified gaps relating to littoral maneuver and sustainment. Additive Manufacturing (AM), or 3-dimensional (3D) printing, is a technology with significant implications for the U.S. manufacturing base, naval warfare and expeditionary operations. It can shorten the design-to-production cycle, enable new designs for a multitude of items, and facilitate cost-effective on-demand manufacturing. AM provides the Marine Corps increased readiness and sustainment, extended reach, and increased lethality. AM also provides Marines the autonomy to solve problems at the forward edge of battle. As additive manufacturing evolves to produce end-use items, there is significant potential to resolve obsolescence, diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages (DMSMS), and long lead time issues currently inherent in the fleet that will become more pervasive in EABO / DO. Additive manufacturing of components and entire platforms 'on demand' at the point of need shall support a scalable supply chain and enable a new era of supply chain independence.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2025
• Source ID: 9999_0604289M_4_1319_PB_2025

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Readers

• Manufacturing Engineering.
• Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.