Earlier this year, Xerox announced the installation of an ElemX liquid metal 3D printing system on a U.S. naval vessel. It followed the deployment of a machine at the Naval Postgraduate School in California back in 2021 and served to represent the increasing play for metal 3D printing in the military sector. 

Weeks later, Tali Rosman, the Elem Additive General Manager at Xerox, sat down with Mike Pecota, a Contract Support subject matter expert for the Department of Defence, where he specialises in additive manufacturing (AM) to discuss additive manufacturing in the military. 

Across an hour of conversation, the pair discussed the opportunities for digital inventories in defence sectors, what considerations have to be made when implementing AM in military organisations, and the need for baseline quality standards in 3D printing.

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