Newport News, Va. - Jan 2017: A crane moves the lower stern into place on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding. (Navy photo)
By: FEDweek StaffThe Navy took another step forward in modernization on Oct. 6, with the formal opening of its Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE).
The facility, located at Virginia’s Institute for Advanced Learning and Research campus in Danville, Va., will serve as the focal point for accelerating and scaling its use of additive manufacturing (commonly known as 3D printing). Work there would place innovations in welding, machining, metrology and additive manufacturing itself onto fast tracks.
Three bays on the site are dedicated to the process of activating the supply chain when the Navy needs it, functioning as a center point for operations, and fostering collaboration among experts from industry, academia and the service itself.
“To strengthen our maritime dominance, we have to field and maintain the right capabilities to deter adversaries and, when called upon, to win wars,” Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said in a dedication speech. “Graduates … will enter the workforce with specific skills and nationally recognized certifications we need now, with true hands-on experience, through facilities like the new Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence.”
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