Focus Area: Advanced/Additive Manufacturing
Contact
Maxx Irelan
Maxx.Irelan@itl.us
Our subject matter experts and engineers provide comprehensive support with modern software and advanced manufacturing to solve our customers’ problems.
From new product design to ensuring legacy equipment and components are available to keep critical systems running, ITL maintains a proven track record of reliable contract execution, delivering on time, and meeting all performance and compliance standards across defense, federal, state, local, and commercial programs all delivered under our AS9100D/ISO 9001:2015 quality system.
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Problem Statement:
The defense maritime industry faces increasing challenges in maintaining fleet readiness due to long lead times for replacement parts, aging platforms, part obsolescence, supply chain disruptions, and limited availability of legacy components. Traditional manufacturing methods often require expensive tooling, extended procurement timelines, and large inventory storage, resulting in increased maintenance delays, higher sustainment costs, and reduced operational availability for naval vessels and maritime systems.
Technology Solution Statement:
Implement advanced additive manufacturing (AM) technologies, including laser wire direct energy deposition (DED) 3D printing, to produce mission-critical replacement parts, tooling, and prototype components on-demand for defense maritime applications. The solution integrates digital engineering, qualified material processes, and certified manufacturing workflows to rapidly fabricate high-quality components either at shipyards or forward operating locations, reducing dependency on traditional supply chains while improving responsiveness and sustainment capability.
Benefits Statement:
Advanced additive manufacturing improves fleet readiness by significantly reducing part procurement lead times and enabling rapid production of obsolete or hard-to-source components. This lowers inventory and lifecycle sustainment costs, increases supply chain resilience, and enhances operational flexibility for maritime maintenance activities. Additionally, additive manufacturing supports accelerated innovation, reduced material waste, and improved mission availability across defense maritime platforms.
