Wins on 3D printing components has the service anticipating that additive manufacturing will continue to reshape how it builds and repairs ships.

The U.S. Navy has expanded the use of additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, across frontline fleet operations, ...

This unfeasibly tiny 3D printed, 15 micrometer model of the USS Voyager—well of an Intrepid-class starship (we can't quite make out the designation)—can actually move under its own power. Though warp ...

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi explore India’s ambitious shipbuilding expansion and the emerging role of 3D ...

The U.S. Navy has long valued the potential of additive manufacturing (AM) and 3D Printing. AM refers to the depositing of material layer by layer to create an object. For the Navy, it’s not practical ...

Naval Group manufactured a new-generation propeller via a metal 3D printing process, mounted on a tripartite minehunter.This propeller is 2.5-m in diameter, supported by five 200-kg blades. The ...

The US Navy has installed a 3D printer on its Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex to test the viability of the technology when out at sea. USS Essex is the first ship to evaluate a 3D printer ...