Just a few of the many potentially useful links available on this important transformational technology, and its impact on both manufacturing and DoD Supply Chain Management are listed below. Please note the disclaimer at the bottom of this site.

Processes & Procedures

Congressional & Statutory

• 15 U.S.C. §278s. Network for Manufacturing Innovation
• 50 U.S.C. §2367. Development of Strategy on Risks to Nonproliferation Caused by Additive Manufacturing
• Public Law No: 113-235 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Division B—Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 Title VII—Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014
• Senate Report 113-44 – Additive Manufacturing Special Interest Item for DoD (Page 83)
• Senate Report 113-176 – Additive Manufacturing Special Interest Item for DoD (Page 79)

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DoD Policy & Guidance

• Department of the Navy (DON) Additive Manufacturing (AM) Implementation Plan v2.0 (2017)
• Department of Defense Additive Manufacturing Roadmap (30 Nov 16) 
• MARADMIN 489/16 Interim Policy on the Use of Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing) in the Marine Corps (16 Sep 16)
• SD-22 DoD DMSMS Guidebook
• Air Force Sustainment Center Logistics & Sustainment Enterprise 2040 (15 Apr 16)
• US Army Advanced Manufacturing Plan (Vol 1) (29 Mar 16)
• Secretary of the Navy Memorandum “Additive Manufacturing/3-D Printing” (3 Sep 15)
• Department of Navy (DoN) Policy Available from the DoN Additive Manufacturing Community Online (CAC Required)
• Navy COMFLTFORCOMINST 4790.3C, CH-1, Joint Fleet Maintenance Manual (JFMM)
• 121201Z JAN 15 COMNAVSEASYSCOM Washington DC Policy on the Use of Additive Manufacturing
• NAVSEAINST SL-720-AA-MAN-030, Navy Modernization Process Management and Operation Manual

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Specifications & Standards

• Academy of Aerospace Quality (AAQ) International Standards for Additive Manufacturing
• America Makes & ANSI (American National Standards Institute) Additive Manufacturing Standardization Collaborative (AMSC)
• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining, operating America Makes – the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (America Makes) “Standardization Roadmap for  Additive Manufacturing (Version 1.0)” Dated Feb 17 (©2017) New!
• ANSI/ ISO/ ASTM Additive Manufacturing Standards
• ANSI Y14.41 Digital Product Definition Data Practices
• ASTM International - Committee F42 on Additive Manufacturing Technologies
• ASTM International - Additive Manufacturing Technology Standards (Eleven Standards for Design, Materials & Processes, Terminology, and Test Methods)
• International Organization for Standardization /Technical Committee (ISO/TC) 261 Additive Manufacturing
• ISO/ASTM 52900:2015 Standard Terminology for Additive Manufacturing Technologies
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Additive Manufacturing Standards
• Materials Standards for Additive Manufacturing -National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Engineering Laboratory Presentation
• MIL-STD-3049 Materials Deposition, DDM: Direct Deposition of Metal for Remanufacture, Restoration and Recoating
• MIL-STD-31000A Technical Data Packages
• NDIA National Defense Magazine Article "Standards for 3D Printed Rocket Engines Coming (Mar 16)
• SAE International® (SAE) AMS-AM Additive Manufacturing Committee
• SAE® Aerospace Material Specification AMS7000 Additive Manufacture of Aerospace parts from Ni-base Superalloy 625 via the Laser Powder Bed Process (In Development)
• SAE® Aerospace Material Specification AMS7001 Ni Base 625 Super Alloy Powder for use in Laser Powder Bed Add Mfg Machines (In Development)
• SAE® Aerospace Material Specification AMS7002 Process Requirements for Production of Ni-base 625 for Production of Aerospace parts via Laser Powder Bed Additive Manufacturing (In Development)
• SAE® Aerospace Material Specification AMS7003 Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process (In Development)
• SAE® Webinar on New Additive Manufacturing Standards "World's First for Aerospace Industry" (May 2, 2017) New!

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