3D Printing on the High Seas
I knew this was coming. Just not this soon. The Navy is sending a 3D printer to sea. It's a small step: "The crew has been making everything from disposable medical supplies (think plastic syringes), to a new cap they designed for an oil tank, to model p
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I knew this was coming. Just not this soon. The Navy is sending a 3D printer to sea. It's a small step: "The crew has been making everything from disposable medical supplies (think plastic syringes), to a new cap they designed for an oil tank, to model planes to move around their mock-up of the flight deck, but they aren’t printing out spare parts for real airplanes any time soon."
Paul Rosenzweig is the founder of Red Branch Consulting PLLC, a homeland security consulting company. He formerly served as deputy assistant secretary for policy in the Department of Homeland Security. He is a professorial lecturer in law at George Washington University, a senior fellow in the Tech, Law & Security program at American University, and a board member of the Journal of National Security Law and Policy.
