Navy needs industry all in on 3D printing parts for subs, or else

Navy needs industry all in on 3D printing parts for subs, or else
Navy needs industry all in on 3D printing parts for subs, or else

“If you are a supplier, and your lead time is too long, and you refuse to work with us” on 3D printing alternative spare parts, said Rear Adm. Jon Rucker, “we’re going to figure it out. Not a threat – a fact of life.”

Navy Reorganizing Submarine Acquisition Offices To Prepare For Columbia

Navy Reorganizing Submarine Acquisition Offices To Prepare For Columbia
Navy Reorganizing Submarine Acquisition Offices To Prepare For Columbia

A memo obtained by Breaking Defense outlines the three new program executive offices that will now make up the Navy’s submarine acquisition directorate.