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Australia Won’t Get the Virginia-class Submarine Anytime Soon
As of last year, the Virginia-class building program was estimated to be 410 months behind schedule. A U.S. fast-attack ...
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A 3D-printed submarine? Not likely, but maybe something close
More and more U.S. warship and submarine parts are being 3D-printed—and now the Navy is going after the “really hard problems,” a top official says. “I could go anywhere in the Navy ...
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Here's the Navy's first 3D printed submarine
The US Navy has 3D printed a prototype submersible hull at the Oak Ridge National Lab in Tennessee. It could be in service by 2019. The departments of Defense and Energy collaborated on the project.
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Mini RC Helicopter Becomes Even Smaller Submarine
The 3D printed body angles the motors slightly downwards, so when the submarine is moving forward it’s also being pulled deeper into the water. There aren’t any control surfaces either ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN17d
AI speeds up titanium alloy production with higher strength for submarine manufacturing
A Johns Hopkins research team is using AI to enhance titanium alloys, improving strength and production speed for applications from deep-sea exploration to space travel. Manufacturing high-performance ...