US Navy testing 3D printed fighter jet parts for quick repairs — composite parts printed at forward-deployed 3D printers to be flight tested on operational F/A-18 Super Hornets
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Tom's HardwareUS Navy testing 3D printed fighter jet parts for quick repairs — composite parts printed at forward-deployed 3D printers to be flight tested on operational F/A-18 Super Hornetstomshardware.comThe US Navy is experimenting with 3D-printed patches for composite parts, allowing forward bases to repair F/A-18 Super Hornets without waiting for replacement parts coming from the tail end of a logistics supply chain thousands of miles long.
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