Driving Innovation to Support the Warfighter: Additive Manufacturing Initiatives Within the Defense Logistics Agency

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Abstract:

The spotlight is on for additive manufacturing AM in the commercial sector, but it is also intense for the Defense Logistics Agency DLA, which hopes to capitalize on the promise of innovation to improve readiness and support to the military. As it tracks AM through the Gartner Hype Cycle, which depicts phases that innovations move through from the initial Innovation Trigger through the Plateau of Productivity, is DLA headed down the trough of disillusionment or up the slope of enlightenment to a productive plateau for AM investments See Figure 1. The productive plateau is where mainstream adoption starts to take off. Criteria for assessing provider viability are more clearly defined and the technologys broad market applicability and relevance are clearly paying off.

Author(s):
Morris, Kelly
Author Organization(s):
Defense Logistics Agency Fort Belvoir United States
Descriptive Note:
Journal Article
Supplementary Note:
Defense AT and L , 01 Jan 0001, 01 Jan 0001,
Pagination:
0005

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release;

RECORD

Collection: TR
Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_4_Logistics; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_JCA_4.1.2_Sustain the Force; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_1.1.1_Global Force Management; JCA_1.1_Force Management; JCA_4.3.1_Depot Maintenance; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_4.2_Supply
Modernization Areas:
Microelectronics
Communities of Interest:
Human Systems
Descriptor(s):
additive manufacturing, computer aided design, department of defense, spare parts, fabrication, life cycle management, logistics, military acquisition, contracts, procurement
Field(s)/Group(s):
Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering and Control of Production Systems
Report Date:
2016 Dec 01
Creation Date:
2017 Sep 05