1. 11:02 17th May 2012

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    Pentagon to Invest $60M to Advance 3D Printing research President Obama’s nationwide push for innovation in manufacturing reaches across agencies from the National Science Foundation to the Department of Energy, and now it’s reaching all the way into the Pentagon where $60 million is being set aside for investment in 3-D printing technologies. The DoD will fund a network of agencies, academic institutions, and companies to build on 3-D printing tech with the overarching goal of building aerospace and weapons technology faster. Of that $60 million, half will be allotted to researchers between now and fiscal 2014, with more than half of that—some $18.8 million—being handed over in fiscal 2012 alone. (via The Pentagon is Investing Millions to Advance the Future of 3-D Printing Tech | Popular Science)

    Pentagon to Invest $60M to Advance 3D Printing research

    President Obama’s nationwide push for innovation in manufacturing reaches across agencies from the National Science Foundation to the Department of Energy, and now it’s reaching all the way into the Pentagon where $60 million is being set aside for investment in 3-D printing technologies.

    The DoD will fund a network of agencies, academic institutions, and companies to build on 3-D printing tech with the overarching goal of building aerospace and weapons technology faster. Of that $60 million, half will be allotted to researchers between now and fiscal 2014, with more than half of that—some $18.8 million—being handed over in fiscal 2012 alone.

    (via The Pentagon is Investing Millions to Advance the Future of 3-D Printing Tech | Popular Science)

     
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