Forbes Article: Why 3D Printing Is Becoming The Pentagon’s Most Vital Asset

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/zitaballingerfletcher/2026/05/18/why-3d-printing-is-becoming-the-pentagons-most-vital-asset/?ctpv=searchpage

“This month the U.S. Army’s 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) hosted a symposium at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. to teach soldiers how to use additive manufacturing, better known as 3D printing, to create basic parts to repair equipment. The symposium is the latest example of a revolution sweeping steadily across all branches of the U.S. military – the use of 3D printing to place viable, instant supply chains directly in the hands of service members.

The 3D printing revolution encompasses nearly all available materials and is being applied to almost any military purpose. It extends not only to parts and equipment, but vehicles, weapons components, drones, fortifications and even military housing. The Army used 3D printing to produce its new BRAKER warhead, a bunker buster bomb made to be launched on a suicide drone.”