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Looking To Eliminate Long Supply Chains, Marines Test Making Spare Parts In Field

September 13 2017

USA

The U.S. Marine Corps is evaluating methods of building spare parts rapidly in the field, reports Defense News.

Possessing this capability could reduce some of the logistics burdens of supporting troops on the battlefield.

With a budget of about US$750,000, the Marine Corps Systems Command and Marine Corps Installations and Logistics built a mobile 3-D printing lab prototype for maintenance units.

Machinists from the 2nd Maintenance Battalion at Camp Lejeune, N.C., have...

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