Firestorm Labs 3D Prints 1,000 Parts and 12 Flight-Ready Drones at Sea
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Firestorm Labs 3D prints 1,000 parts and 12 flight-ready drones at sea
Firestorm Labs printed more than 1,000 parts and built 12 flight-ready Squall FPV quadcopters inside a containerized factory aboard the USS Essex during a two-week transit to RIMPAC 2026. It is the first maritime run of its xCell expeditionary manufacturing platform, and the drones were subsequently flown in Hawaii by Marines from the 3rd Light…
US Navy 3D prints combat-ready drones and 1,000+ parts aboard aircraft carrier during exercise — containerized factory fabricated 80-mph FPVs and critical spares despite rough seas and 12-foot waves
During a two-week transit to RIMPAC 2026 in Hawaii, a containerized factory aboard the USS Essex 3D printed a dozen flight-ready drones, as well as over 1,000 parts including vital spares for Apache helicopters. 3D Printing Industry reports that this was the first maritime run of the xCell expeditionary manufacturing platform from Firestorm Labs. Furthermore, production wasn’t halted by the rough seas and up to 12 ft waves endured during the jou…
The tests, carried out during the Valiant Shield 26 and RIMPAC 2026 exercises in the Indo-Pacific, are part of an effort to reduce dependence on traditional logistics chains in a distributed conflict scenario.The initiative is part of Ramforce (Resilient Advanced Manufacturing For Contested Environments), a program promoted by the Office of the Under-Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering that brought together Marines, government labo…
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