The U.S. Navy will hold its annual 3D printing competition next month

China3D printingNet February 17th, the U.S. Navy will hold its annual “HackTheMachine” competition from March 23 to 26: this time, the focus is3D printing.
HackTheMachine is a naval expansion program designed to enable the public to work with the navy to solve naval technical problems. The annual competition takes the form of a “hackathon”, which contains a series of challenges and “games”. Each team must complete the competition within 3-4 days.

Lieutenant Colonel Cmdr said: “The military’s aviation industry attracts talent through Blue Angels.” HACKtheMACHINE is our geek blue angel. We want to attract talented people who may not have considered serving in the Navy, whether as sailors or civilians. “

The most famous “track” of the program is its cyber security challenge, and the final “game” of each year is “breaking into” a warship or naval test bed.But this year, its third route all involves3D printing. The HackTheMachine website does not explain the exact goal of the “heavy metal” track, only that it will be “related to the Covid 19 pandemic” metal3D printingchallenge. Participants will be asked to make data packages and send printed prototypes for testing.


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The program ran with its partners at HackTheMachine 2019 in Brooklyn.3D printingThe related first track and the third track challenge the participants, asking them to design parts that can be printed remotely at sea to repair ships.During the meeting, participant Kade Heckel discovered a3D printingSecurity threats in the aircraft. The third game in 2018 involved apps, while in 2017 participants were asked to use VR and AR tools to deal with disasters. In 2020, there will be no third track. Due to the use of COVID-19, the Navy hosted a virtual HackTheMachine that only provided well-known cyber security attack challenges.

HackTheMachine turned to focus on3D printingNot surprising. The Navy put their first printer on board as early as 2014, and since the “Fleet Readiness and Logistics Operations” in 2018 began to focus on additive manufacturing, more printers have been loaded on board.In the past six months, naval engineers have used3D printingTechnology has manufactured prototype antenna mounts for naval aircraft, and cooperated with Xerox in its ElemX Metal 3D printingCooperated on board and developed a set of radar technology3D printingAntennas and arrays.

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Ultimately, the Navy hopes that its HackTheMachine iteration in March 2021 can help them recruit and solve their pressing problems.Anderson said: “Although the purpose of the game is to allow the team to demonstrate their talents, the ultimate goal is to use the data and technology in the challenge to develop a roadmap, and the Navy can use this to expand its cyber security practices.”

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