Paradigm Shift Additive Manufacturing and the New Way of War

Abstract

The attributes of additive manufacturing (AM) enable tremendous value for the Department of Defense (DoD). In order to take advantage of those attributes, the DoD must actively pivot away from the acquisition, logistics, sustainment and contracting practices developed from more than 100 years of experiences in utilizing conventional manufacturing processes from the Industrial Revolution. To understand why, we first need to examine what the Industrial Revolution gave us.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1029405

Entities

People

  • Brett P. Conner

Organizations

  • Youngstown State University

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Assembly
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Fabrication
  • Logistics
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Materials Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Printing
  • Production
  • Spare Parts
  • Supply Chain
  • Three Dimensional

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