The USS Virginia seen in 2010. The 3D-printed part is destined for another Virginia-class sub, the Oklahoma. A crewed submarine is, at its most elemental level, a machine designed to preserve a bubble ...

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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, and you will see ...

Through a partnership with the Navy’s Disruptive Technology Lab, the team at ORNL’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) created the military’s first 3D-printed submersible hull. The Optionally ...