Reports, Papers & Articles

Just a few of the many potentially useful links available on this important transformational technology, and its impact on both manufacturing and DoD Supply Chain Management are listed below. Please note the disclaimer at the bottom of this site.

Reports, Papers & Articles

Technical Reports

2016 Technical Reports 

• DSIAC Journal “Nondestructive Inspection of Additive Manufactured Parts in the Aerospace Industry” (Summer 2016)
• NASA “3D Printing In Zero-G Technology Demonstration (3D Printing In Zero-G) - 04.07.16”
• General Electric (GE) Report “The Workforce of the Future: Advanced Manufacturing’s Impact on the Global Economy” (Apr 16)
• International Journal of Metalcasting “Quantifying the Role of Part Design Complexity in Using 3D Sand Printing for Molds and Cores” (22 Feb 16)
• DAU White Paper “Competitive Threats to the Aerospace Products and Parts Manufacturing Industry” (22 Feb 16) 
• National Network for Manufacturing Innovation Program (NNMI) Strategic Plan (Feb 16)
• National Network for Manufacturing innovation Program (NNMI) Annual Report (Feb 16)
• America Makes Technology Roadmap (Undated)

2015 Technical Reports 

• NASA Technical Report IN718 Additive Manufacturing Properties and Influences 3-D Printed Demonstrator Engine" (26 Aug 15)
• Make or Buy: Cost Impacts of Additive Manufacturing, 3D Laser Scanning Technology, and Collaborative Product Lifecycle Management on Ship Maintenance and Modernization (May 15)
• Additive Manufacturing Methods, Techniques, Procedures, & Applications - Enabling Technologies for Military Applications (2015)
• Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) Additive Manufacturing Report Library (Various Dates)
• University of Pittsburgh Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing Reports (Various Dates) 

2014 Technical Reports

• Navy Additive Manufacturing: Policy Analysis for Future DLA Material Support (Dec 14)
• An Analysis of Item Identification for Additive Manufacturing (3-D Printing) Within the Naval Supply Chain (Dec 14)
• Accelerating U.S. Advanced Manufacturing - Report to the President from President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (Oct 14)
• America Makes: The National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII) Status Report and Future Opportunities (Sep 14)
• Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Additive Manufacturing Roadmap & Key Initiatives (Jul 14) 
• NISTIR 8005 Applicability of Existing Materials Testing Standards for Additive Manufacturing Materials (Jun 14)
• Navy "Technical Overview of Additive Manufacturing" Report (NSWCCD-61-TR–2014/16) (Apr 14)
• "Wohlers Report 2014:  Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing State of the Industry:  Annual Worldwide Progress Report" (2014)
• NASA "Additive Manufacturing: Ensuring Quality for Spacecraft Applications" (2014)
• Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology “Characterization of Metal Powders Used for Additive Manufacturing” (2014) 

2006-2013 Technical Reports 

• Analysis of the Potential Impact of Additive Manufacturing on Army Logistics (Dec 13)
• Cost Reduction Through the Use of Additive Manufacturing (3d Printing) and Collaborative Product Life Cycle Management Technologies to Enhance the Navy’s Maintenance Programs (Sep 13)
• Additive Manufacturing: Implications to the Army Organic Industrial Base in 2030 (Apr 13)
• McKinsey Global Institute "Disruptive Technologies: Advances That Will Transform Life, Business, and the Global Economy” (2013)
• US Army Rapid Equipping Force (REF) Expeditionary Labs (Ex Labs) Overview
• Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report "The Obama Administration’s Proposal to Establish a National Network for Manufacturing Innovation” (25 Jul 12)
• National Academy of Engineering (NAE) “Additive Manufacturing in Aerospace: Examples & Research Outlook” (Spring 12)
• NISTIR 7847 “Mechanical Properties Testing for Metal Parts Made via Additive Manufacturing: A Review of the State of the Art of Mechanical Property Testing” (Mar 12)
• NISTR 7873 Properties of Metal Powders for Additive Manufacturing: A Review of the State of the Art of Metal Powder Property Testing (Jul 12)
• US Air Force Research Laboratory Report AFRL-RX-WP-TP-2008-4318 Additive Manufacturing of Superalloys for Aerospace Applications (Mar 08)
• US Air Force Research Laboratory Report RTO-MP-AVT-139 Additive Manufacturing of Aerospace Alloys for Aircraft Structure (May 06)

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GAO & IG Reports

• GAO Report (GAO-15-505SP) Report “3D Printing: Opportunities, Challenges, and Policy Implications of Additive Manufacturing” (24 Jun 15)
• GAO Report (GAO-16-56) “Defense Additive Manufacturing: DOD Needs to Systematically Track Department-Wide 3D Printing Efforts" (14 Oct 15)

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Articles

2017 Articles & Books

• DSIAC Defense Systems News Article “Defense AT&L Magazine Additive Manufacturing Special Issue” (17 Jan 17)
• GovExec.com Article "The Army Wants to 3-D Print Mini-drones in 24 Hours" (11 Jan 17)
• Air Force Research Laboratory Article “Embracing Opportunity: Additive technology Used for Manufacturing (6 Jan 17)
• US Army Article “Army engineers demonstrate new system for on-demand 3-D printed drones (5 Jan 17)
• Futurism.Com Video “The Future is Here. Robots Can Now 3D Print…Themselves”

2016 Articles & Books 

• Army Acquisition Support Center Article "Army Researchers Demonstrate 3-D Printed Drones" (28 Dec 16)
• Army Acquisition Support Center Article "New Dimension of Acquisition: RDECOM Explores New Ways of Using 3-D Printing to Meet Soldiers’ Needs Quickly and Inexpensively While Minimizing the Logistics Footprint" (28 Nov 16)
• Special Additive Manufacturing-Themed Issue of Defense AT&L Magazine (Complete Issue) (Nov-Dec 16)
• Defense AT&L Magazine Article “An Overview of Additive Manufacturing” (Nov-Dec 16)
• Defense AT&L Magazine Article “Ensuring a Safe Technological Revolution” (Nov-Dec 16)
• Defense AT&L Magazine Article “The Digital Thread as the Key Enabler” (Nov-Dec 16)  
• Defense AT&L Magazine Article “Separating Hype from Reality” (Nov-Dec 16)  
• Defense AT&L Magazine Article "Additive Manufacturing as a Sustainment Enabler —An Industry Perspective” (Nov-Dec 16)  
• Defense AT&L Magazine Article “Harnessing the Potential of Additive Manufacturing and Competition” (Nov-Dec 16)  
• Defense AT&L Magazine Article “Paradigm Shift —Additive Manufacturing and the New Way of War” (Nov-Dec 16)
• Defense AT&L Magazine Article “Metals Additive Manufacturing —Great Promise in Mitigating Shortages but Some Risks Remain” (Nov-Dec 16)  
• Defense AT&L Magazine Article “Driving Innovation to Support the Warfighter —AM Initiatives Within the Defense Logistics Agency” (Nov-Dec 16)  
• Defense AT&L Magazine Article “Getting AM Up to Speed Across the Army Life Cycle” (Nov-Dec 16)
• Defense AT&L Magazine Article “Great Expectations - AM in the Joint Advanced Manufacturing Region” (Nov-Dec 16)
• Defense AT&L Magazine Article “Implications of AM for the Navy Supply Chain” (Nov-Dec 16)
• Defense AT&L Magazine Article “Challenges of Enterprise-Wide AM for Air Force Sustainment” (Nov-Dec 16)
• Defense AT&L Magazine Article “Collateral Damage —Potential Unintended Consequences in Aerospace and Defense Industrial Base” (Nov-Dec 16)
• Army Magazine Article “Looking at 3-D Printing From All Sides Now:  New Technology Offers Major Benefits for Army Maintenance” (Nov 16)
• Seapower Magazine Article “Training Maintainers: Tight budgets, technological advances fuel innovative solutions” (Nov 16)
• Washington Post Article “Can either presidential candidate rescue this Ohio city?” (27 Oct 16)
• Naval Aviation News Article “Printing the Future: Additive Manufacturing Promises to Boost Naval Aviation Readiness” (17 Oct 16)
• NextGov Article “MIT Researchers 3-D Print Customizable Padding for Robots” (3 Oct 16)
• MIT News Article “3-D-printed Robots with Shock-Absorbing Skins” (3 Oct 16)
• Kiplinger’s Article “The Buzz – Where to Print in 3-D” (Oct 16)
• Air Force Air University Strategic Studies Quarterly Article “Additive Manufacturing: From Form to Function” (Fall 2016)
• Defense Systems Information Analysis Center (DSIAC) Article “Need Hair? Press Print” (26 Sep 16)
• The NS Mayport Mirror Article “SERMC Welcomes ‘Fab Lab’” (14 Sep 16)
• Composites World Article “Ingersoll Machine Tools, ORNL to develop very large 3D printing system” (13 Sep 16)
• Breaking Defense Article “Boeing, Saab Unveil T-X Entry; Planes Go Straight to Production” (13 Sep 16)
• Inside Defense Article “Navy Aims to Widen Use of 3D Printing Following Successful Flight Test” (6 Sep 16)
• TechTarget Article “How IoT and 3D Printing are Changing the Connected Space (Sep 16)
• Defense AT&L Magazine Article “When America Makes, America Works: A Successful Public-Private 3D Printing (Additive Manufacturing) Partnership” (Sep-Oct 16)  
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Article “3D Printed Tool for Building Aircraft Achieves Guinness World Records Title (29 Aug 16)
• Breaking Defense Article “First Osprey Flight With Critical 3D Printed Part“ (3 Aug 16)
• UPI Article “First MV-22B Osprey with 3D-printed, safety-critical parts takes flight” (1 Aug 16)
• Air Force Magazine “The Promise and Peril of 3-D Printing” (Aug 16)
• NAVAIR News “NAVAIR Marks First Flight with 3-D Printed, Safety-Critical Parts” (29 July 16)
• NYU Tandon School of Engineering Article “NYU researchers report cybersecurity risks in 3D printing’ (12 Jul 16)
• America Makes Announces the University of Dayton Research Institute (URDI) as Awardee of $10M Directed Project on Maturation of Advanced Manufacturing for Low-cost Sustainment (11 Jul 16)
• DSIAC Journal “Nondestructive Inspection of Additive Manufactured Parts in the Aerospace Industry” (Jul 16)
• The Journal of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society© Article “Manufacturing and Security Challenges in 3D Printing” (Jul 16)
• Defense Systems Information Analysis Center (DSIAC) Journal (Summer 2016)
• Defense Systems “How 3D printing can aid the military supply chain” (7 Jun 16)
• Aviation Week “Reimagining Military Re-supply With 3-D Printing: Push is on to certify 3-D printing for critical military parts” (1 Jun 16)
• 3D Printing Industry.com Article “The Importance of Fab Labs” (27 May 16)
• Washington Post “Why the U.S. Military Turned a Hipster Tattoo Parlor Into a Special Operations Lab” (25 May 16)
• AdvancedManufacturing.org “Repair and Improvement All in One Process” (May 19, 2016)
• “DVIDS Article “Navy Officials: 3D Printing To Impact Future Fleet with ‘On Demand’ Manufacturing Capability” (18 May 16)
• "The Decentralized and Networked Future of Value Creation: 3D Printing and its Implications for Society, Industry, and Sustainable Development” by Jan-Peter Ferdinand, Ulrich Petschow, Sascha, Dickel
• Nextgov “GE Building World’s Largest Jet Engine with 3-D Printed Parts” (25 Apr 16)
• NASA “3D Printing In Zero-G Technology Demonstration (3D Printing In Zero-G) (20 Apr 16)
• “Gig-Manufacturing: The Ambiguity of 3D Printing Liability, or Who Is to Blame if a 3D Printed Part Fails” (14 Apr 16)
• NAVSEA “MAKE Lab opens bringing new AM opportunities to NSWC Carderock Division” (5 Apr 16)
• GE Celebrates Grand Opening of First Additive Manufacturing Center in Pittsburgh (5 Apr 16)
• National Defense Magazine "New Ecosystem Emerging in Military Logistics" (Apr 16)
• ScienceDirect® Additive Manufacturing Journal (Apr 16)
• Military.com "Air Force Might Build Innovation Center Near Robins AFB" (18 Mar 16)
• Lockheed-Martin “Big Time Savings on Small Part: First 3-D printed Component Flies on U.S. Navy’s Trident II D5 Missile” (18 Mar 16)
• ScienceDirect® “A Framework for Teaching the Fundamentals of Additive Manufacturing and Enabling Rapid Innovation” (17 Mar 16)
• America Makes and ANSI Launch Additive Manufacturing Standardization Collaborative (14 Mar 16)
• NDIA National Defense Magazine Article "Standards for 3D Printed Rocket Engines Coming” (Mar 16)
• Defense Systems.com Article “Officials: The Time is Now for Battlefield 3D Printing (2 Mar 16)
• National Defense "Standards for 3D-Printed Rocket Engines Coming" (Mar 16)
• Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Establishes Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (24 Feb 16)
• MT Additive “The Additive Manufacturing Technology Roadmap” (23 Feb 16)
• Secretary of Commerce Pritzker Submits to Congress First-Ever Legislative Reports Required of National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) (19 Feb 16)
• MT Additive “Hype Verses Reality in Additive Manufacturing” (8 Feb 16)
• TEchTarget/SearchCIO  Article “3D Printing Technology Payoff Beyond Imagination” (Feb 16)
• MT Additive “Designing the Future: Open Source Tools and Additive Manufacturing” (19 Jan 16)
• NAVSEA's Dahlgren Division Continues to Emphasize Benefits of 3D Printing, Holds Print-a-Thon (17 Jan 16)
• ANSI (American National Standards Institute) International Standardization & Accreditation Activities (15 Jan 16)
• New 3-D Printing Method Uses Rust, Metal Powders (15 Jan 16)
• NSWCDD on the 'ground floor' of 3D Printing (15 Jan 16)
• Air Force Article "First 3-D Printed Part Approved for AWACS" (14 Jan 16)
• Reuters Article “Aerojet Wins U.S. Contract to Set Standard for 3-D Printed Rocket Engines” (5 Jan 16)
• MT Additive “Transformative Technology to Deliver 3D Printer Houses” (5 Jan 16)
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Article & Video “3D printing metal parts and novel materials” (Undated)
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Article & Video ”Metal Additive Manufacturing: Printed Metal Parts Meet Critical National Needs” (Undated)  

2015 Articles & Books 

• “3D Printing Will Rock the World” by John Hornick (Dec 15)
• Aircraft Carrier Harry S. Truman Prints Spare, Unique Parts at Sea with 3-D Printer (25 Dec 15)
• Piece by Piece: NASA Team Moves Closer to Building a 3-D Printed Rocket Engine (17 Dec 15)
• NDIA National Defense Magazine Article "Military 3D Printing Projects Face Challenges (Nov 15)
• Defense AT&L Magazine Article "Airborne, All The Way, 3D from the Sky Approach for an Air Drop Capable, Medium Tactical Vehicle (Nov-Dec 2015 issue)
• SupplyChainBrain Article “Emerging Tech Will Drive Next Generation of Supply Chain Success" (15 Oct 15)
• Navy “Kearsarge gets Navy's First Afloat Fab Lab” (5 Oct 15)
• DSP Journal Article “Additive Manufacturing (or 3D Printing)” (Oct-Dec 2015)
• NASA Article "Successful NASA Rocket Fuel Pump Tests Pave Way for 3-D Printed Demonstrator Engine" (26 Aug 15)
• DLA Article "3D Printing Could Help DLA Cut Costs, Improve Parts Support" (13 Aug 15)
• Composites World© Article “A Growing Trend: 3D Printing of Aerospace Tooling” (1 Jul 15)
• US Navy Article "Navy Innovators Explore Fleet Applications of 3D Printing" (1 May 15)
• CTMA Magazine “Additive Manufacturing” (May 2015)
• CTMA Magazine “DoD Additive Manufacturing for Maintenance Operations (AMMO) Working Group Charter” (May 2015)
• NASA 3-D Prints First Full-Scale Copper Rocket Engine Part (21 Apr 15)
• Air Force Research Laboratory Breaking New Ground in Additive Manufacturing (7 Apr 15)
• Economist “Entering the Jet Age: Aircraft Engines May Soon Be Built One Layer at a Time” (5 Mar 15)
• Economist “Rising from the Ooze: A Quicker Way to Print Objects” (7 Mar 15)
• GE's Bestselling Jet Engine Makes 3-D Printing a Core Component (5 Mar 15)
• Navy CHIPS “Frontline Innovation: DARPA to put Fab Lab at Navy Ship Maintenance Center” (17 Feb 15)
• Navy “Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) Teams With DARPA to Bring Fab Lab to Norfolk” (12 Feb 15)
• MIT Technology Review Article “Additive Manufacturing Is Reshaping Aviation: Advanced Manufacturing Technologies are Leading to Smaller Jet Engines” (6 Feb 15) 
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Article “3-D Printed Shelby Cobra Highlights ORNL R&D at Detroit Auto Show (12 Jan 15)

2014 Articles 

• NASA Success “Space Station 3-D Printer Builds Ratchet Wrench To Complete First Phase Of Operations” (22 Dec 14)
• Guardian “How 3D printing is set to shake up manufacturing supply chains: ” (25 Nov 14)
• Deloitte University Press Article: “3D Opportunity for the Department of Defense: Additive Manufacturing Fires Up” (20 Nov 14)
• Atlantic Council Article “Could 3D Printing Change the World?” (17 Oct 14)
• NASA Sends First 3-D Printer to Space Station (18 Sep 14)
• US Navy Article “Fleet Readiness Center East Repairs Harrier Using 3-D Printing” (13 Aug 14)
• ZDNet “How 3D Printing is Building a New Future” (1 Aug 14)
• ZDNet "3D Printing: Building the Future” (1 Aug 14)
• ZDNet "3D Printing: Overcoming the Legal and Intellectual Property Issues" (1 Aug 14)
• US Army Technology Magazine – Focus: 3D Printing (Jul-Aug 14)
• Army “Q&A: Research Vision for 3-D Printing” (28 July 2014)
• Defense Systems Article “A few ways 3D printing is about to transform the Army” (24 July 14)
• NAVAIR “Additive Manufacturing Goals for Support Equipment and Aircraft Launch and Recovery” (24 Jul 14)
• Army Technology Magazine “Dr. Thomas Russell: Research vision for 3-D printing” (5 Jul 14)
• US Army Article “Researchers Explore Additive Manufacturing” (2 Jul 14)
• Army Technology Magazine “Chow from a 3-D Printer? Natick Researchers are Working on it” (July 14)
• Army Technology Magazine “3-D Printing Benefits for Logistics: ARDEC Investigates How 3-D Printed Metals Could Transform Army Logistics” (July 14)
• Deloitte University Press Article: “3D Opportunity for Aerospace and Defense” (2 Jun 14)
• Defense AT&L Magazine Article “3D Printing: How Much Will It Improve the DoD Supply Chain of the Future?” (Cover Article, May-June 2014 Issue)
• The Wire “3D-Printed Food Actually Looks (and Tastes) Pretty Delicious” (29 May 14)
• US Army Article “Army, NASA, University Collaboration Promotes Additive Manufacturing” (22 May 14)
• US Army Rapid Equipping Force “Twelve Years of Results” (29 Apr 14)
• ZDNet “IP lawyer: Why 3D printing will lead to 'thermonuclear wars’” (14 Apr 14)
• Deloitte University Press Article: “3D Opportunity Primer” (6 Mar 14)
• Cerasis “The Impact of 3D Printing in the Supply Chain and Logistics Arenas” (10 Feb 14)
• Supply Chain 24/7 “The Implications of 3D Printing for the Global Logistics Industry” (23 Jan 14)
• Breaking Defense Article “3D Printing: Imagine A Brigade Producing Parts On Battlefield” (14 Jan 14)
• Deloitte University Press – 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing Article Library (Undated)
• Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory “In-situ Evaluation of Component Fidelity During Additive Manufacturing Processing” (Undated)

2011-13 Articles 

• USC Viterbi Researchers Cut Time To 3D-Print Heterogeneous Objects From Hours To Minutes (5 Dec 13)
• Economist Technology Quarterly 3D Printing Scales Up (Q3 2013)
• Economist “How 3D printers Work” (7 Sep 13)
• Breaking Defense Article “The Pentagon Can’t 3-D Print Its Way To Victory” (6 Sep 13)
• MIT Technology Review Article “Additive Manufacturing: GE, the World’s Largest Manufacturer, is on the Verge of Using 3-D Printing to Make Jet Parts” (23 Apr 13)
• Atlantic Council Article “3-D Printing Revolution in Military Logistics” (20 Nov 12)
• Foreign Affairs “How to Make Almost Anything: The Digital Fabrication Revolution”© (Nov-Dec 12)
• NDU Defense Horizons “Toward the Printed World: Additive Manufacturing and Implications for National Security” (Sep 12)
• Military.com Article “Mobile Labs Build On-the-Spot Combat Solutions” (17 Aug 12)
• Economist “The Third Industrial Revolution” (19 Apr 12)
• Economist “Solid Print: Making Things with a 3D Printer Changes the Rules of Manufacturing” (19 Apr 12)
• Defense News “The Digital Promise: Additive Manufacturing Could Save DOD Time, Materials and Money” (24 Oct 11)

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