Overview of the Foreign Experience of the Influence of Additive Manufacturing on Development and Deployment of Military Technology Cover Image

Přehled zahraničních zkušeností s vlivem aditivní výroby na vývoj a nasazení vojenských technologií
Overview of the Foreign Experience of the Influence of Additive Manufacturing on Development and Deployment of Military Technology

Author(s): Jakub Harašta
Subject(s): Security and defense, Methodology and research technology
Published by: Univerzita obrany - Centrum bezpečnostních a vojenskostrategických studií
Keywords: Additive Manufacturing; Development Cycle; Modern Technology; 3D Print

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the additive manufacturing method as a possible alternative to the current subtractive manufacturing methods. Based on literature survey, some of the problematic aspects of the discrepancy between the lengthy development cycles and rapidly changing operational demands responsive to current threats are identified. The paper also includes some thoughts on possibilities of solving inadequacies in the development cycles, as well as related logistical apparatus, by additive manufacturing. For the sake of objectivity, the last part is dedicated to deficits of additive manufacturing, being inherent to technology or possibly to be overcome by further development of the field.

  • Issue Year: 24/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 64-71
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Czech