News U.S. Navy to Buy Up to 25 STRATASYS F900 3D Printers

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On 23 August, the U.S. Navy issued Stratasys with a $20m contract to purchase up to 25 Stratasys F900 3D printers over the next five years, with delivery of the first eight expected before the end of 2021.

In addition to the printers, the contract includes initial support and sustainment, materials, and development of initial training for the supplied systems.
The U.S. Department of Defence (DoD) issued a report in January 2021 outlining its additive manufacturing strategy.

The report explained how manufacturing is undergoing a digital revolution, and the important role additive manufacturing can play in a shift to a digital manufacturing ecosystem. In particular, additive manufacturing can help modernize the national defence systems, increase materiel readiness, and enhance warfighting innovation and capability.

Among other objectives, the DoD set a goal of integrating additive manufacturing into both the department and the broader defence industrial base, while advancing and promoting the agile use of 3D printing.

“The benefits of additive manufacturing for military organizations like the U.S. Navy include cost-effectively extending the life of strategic and tactical assets like aircraft while ensuring sustainment activities can happen quickly and from virtually anywhere,” said Mark Menninger, director of U.S. government business segment for Stratasys.

“This contract, the largest government project for Stratasys to-date, continues to expand the presence of industrial 3D printing from Stratasys across the U.S. government.”

The printers will be located on bases in the United States and Japan with the potential to be used to produce end-use parts, tooling and training aids, as well as to assist the Navy in achieving its goal of using distributed additive manufacturing practices to maintain its fleet of aircraft across bases worldwide.


Stratasys is represented in the UK by Derbyshire-based SYS Systems.

U.S. Navy to buy up to 25 Stratasys F900 3D printers

On 23 August, the U.S. Navy issued Stratasys with a $20m contract to purchase up to 25 Stratasys F900 3D printers over the next five years, with delivery of the first eight expected before the end of 2021.

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[RogerRanger]

No doubt the Chinese will have a part in this and have stolen it within 3 seconds.

I am not a fan of 3D printers myself, I prefer molecular printers.

 

[Jacop]

No doubt the Chinese will have a part in this and have stolen it within 3 seconds.

I am not a fan of 3D printers myself, I prefer molecular printers.

within 3 seconds?

 

[RogerRanger]

within 3 seconds?

Yes, they will get its all sent to the Chinese agents in the building. Takes about 3 seconds to send a message. Haha.

 

[Jacop]

Yes, they will get its all sent to the Chinese agents in the building. Takes about 3 seconds to send a message. Haha.

Stratasys is a company based in Israel. For a moment I thought this firm was Chinese What makes you think that way? I am really curious.

 

[RogerRanger]

Stratasys is a company based in Israel. For a moment I thought this firm was Chinese What makes you think that way? I am really curious.

Ah, sorry I thought it was based in the UK. The Israeli's actually protect their technology from the Americans/Chinese/Russians, the British and Americans don't. The Chinese-Russians-Israeli's will know more about American technology than any western nation. We have to beg the Americans for it, they just give it to the Chinese/Russians/Israeli's. Did you hear about the Chinese taking over a US company in China, the Americans tried to kick the Chinese out, so the Chinese called security and kicked the Americans out, now the Chinese control the company in the US and all the technology in China.

It was this sentence that made me think it was a UK company. "Stratasys is represented in the UK by Derbyshire-based SYS Systems".