Posted on May 31, 2018
US Air Force Is Waiting a Year for Parts That It Could 3D-Print
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The roadblock is legal, not technical.
“I have airplanes right now that are waiting on parts that are taking a year and a half to deliver. A year and a half,” Will Roper, the assistant Air Force secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics
This delay is stupidly inexcusable. Red tape keeping birds from proper maintenance. And we wonder why we have so many falling out of the sky.
“I have airplanes right now that are waiting on parts that are taking a year and a half to deliver. A year and a half,” Will Roper, the assistant Air Force secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics
This delay is stupidly inexcusable. Red tape keeping birds from proper maintenance. And we wonder why we have so many falling out of the sky.
US Air Force Is Waiting a Year for Parts That It Could 3D-Print
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SSgt (Join to see) That kind of "outside the box" thinking will not be tolerated for long. The government civilian workforce will weed it out in order to protect their own existence...
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