Automated Construction of Expeditionary Structure (ACES)
Abstract
ACES was a FY 2020 new start JCTD. ACES provides Combatant Commands the capability to quickly provide mobility and force protection for deployed Joint Warfighters. Military combat engineer units lack the capability to enable rapid construction, route repair and gap crossing to establish and sustain lines of communications. ACES will provide an automated 3D printer to construct gap crossings, obstacles, and force protection positions using locally available concrete and other materials at a pace that adversaries cannot match. In FY 2020, ACES delivered a ruggedized 3D concrete printer and conducted technical demonstrations with multiple services.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2022
- Source ID
- 9c81ab905798106d61344c12f99e35f7