The US Marine Corps is partnering with industry and academia on a multi-phase CTMA initiative to assess the capability of Commercial Off the Shelf(COTS) high speed metal 3D printing technology to support maintenance and sustainment requirements with reliable, repeatable and timely repair parts. Phase III of this effort will leverage advances in printing technology, as well as lessons learned in Phase I and II of this effort to provide broad accessibility to the rapid metal 3D printing technology for the entire Marine Corps enterprise supporting ground operations.

For more information about this ongoing project contact CTMA@ncms.org.