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GROTON, Conn. (WTNH) — General Dynamics Electric Boat may soon be using 3D printing as part of the shipbuilding process for its nuclear-powered submarines. General Dynamics and Newport News ...

More and more U.S. warship and submarine parts are being 3D-printed—and now the Navy is going after the “really hard problems,” a top official says. “I could go anywhere in the Navy, and you will see ...

The U.S. Navy must 3D-print more parts if it is to build three submarines per year, a top program manager said Wednesday. Rear Adm. Jonathan Rucker, the Navy’s lead buyer for attack submarines, said ...

3D printing is set to go to sea in the form of an additive manufacturing technique for repairing submarines. Being developed by Australia’s dedicated submarine sustainment organization, ASC, in ...

A Maryland-based nonprofit is moving ahead with plans to build a facility on Guam that will allow the Navy to 3D print submarine components on demand, a move aimed at bolstering both military ...

Through a partnership with the Navy’s Disruptive Technology Lab, the team at ORNL’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) created the military’s first 3D-printed submersible hull. The Optionally ...

MINNEAPOLIS --People who serve in the military become brothers and sisters -- even after their service time is over. That holds especially true for submarine veterans who can spend months together ...

The attack submarine Chicago at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility. (Dave Amodo/U.S. Navy) ARLINGTON, Va. — Among the top risks to the critical Columbia-class ...

German industrial conglomerate Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TMS) plans to use 3D printers increasingly in manufacturing submarine parts. This offers decisive advantages over conventionally produced ...