First MV-22 Osprey with 3-D Printed Parts Takes Flight
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An MV-22B Osprey equipped with a 3-D printed titanium link and fitting inside an engine nacelle maintains a hover during a July 29 demonstration at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Maryland. (Screen grab via U.S. Navy video)An MV-22B Osprey equipped with a 3-D printed titanium link and fitting inside an engine nacelle maintains a hover during a July 29 demonstration at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Maryland. (Screen grab via U.S. Navy video)
Posted By: Brendan McGarry August 3, 2016
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The first MV-22 Osprey with 3-D-printed parts recently took flight, the Navy announced.
The aircraft made by Textron Inc.’s Bell Helicopter unit and aerospace giant Boeing Co. performed a hover during a July 29 demonstration at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland, the service said in a statement.
The Osprey was equipped with a titanium link and fitting inside an engine nacelle, thus marking the “first successful flight demonstration of a flight critical aircraft component built using additive manufacturing techniques,” according to the Navy, which released video of the demonstration on YouTube.
http://www.defensetech.org/2016/08/03/mv-22-osprey-with-3-d-printed-parts-takes-flight/
