"How 3D Printing Will Revolutionize The Military" Topic
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Tango01 | 31 Dec 2015 11:10 p.m. PST |
"…. The implications of additive manufacturing for the battlefield are immense. Researchers at the University of Virginia have 3-D-printed a drone in a single day and by adding an Android phone made it autonomous — all for $2,500. USD Using artificial intelligence available today, such a drone could identify a distinct object such as an aircraft or fuel truck using on board multi-spectral imaging before engaging it with an explosively formed projectile. In short, autonomous, cheap weapons systems will range for miles, hunting and engaging specific targets. Think of them as IEDs that hunt you. If aspirations for greater printing speed are met, a factory with only 100 printers and sufficient raw materials could produce 10,000 such autonomous drones a day. The implications for ground forces are obvious — thousands of drone strikes on vehicles, ammunition dumps, fuel trucks, and other soft targets. This threat will not be limited to short-range drones. Long-range air and undersea autonomous drones are being produced today, and manufacturers are competing hard to reduce the price. Thus naval and air forces will also be at risk from cheap, smart, long-range weapons…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
bsrlee | 01 Jan 2016 12:07 a.m. PST |
Considering how many militaries use common, off the shelf hardware such as vehicles, they are going to need very good IFF gear to avoid 'accidentally' hitting either own forces or allied forces. Or try to stop the vehicle manufacturers from selling their product to multiple users. Just consider the number of 'blue-on-blue' incidents that happen with live operators. |
jwebster | 01 Jan 2016 5:58 p.m. PST |
I am too lazy to read the article but I call BS None of the things described come from 3D printing. My experience with Military production is that most of cost is in R&D and testing. 3D printing is revolutionary in that it reduces tooling cost for small run manufacturing and enables rapid prototyping. Autonomous or remotely controlled weapons systems are revolutionary in terms of how warfare can be practiced. What is the link ? John |
Ironwolf | 02 Jan 2016 10:45 p.m. PST |
hahahaha, I think this pretty much answers your question. "I am too lazy to read the article" |
Tango01 | 02 Jan 2016 11:10 p.m. PST |
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