Italy Bets on Distributed AM for Naval Readiness with the DIANA Defense Program
Paloma Duran
Naval spare parts logistics, built around centralized warehouses and extended supply chains, has long been a structural vulnerability in defense readiness. 3D printer manufacturer ROBOZE is leading DIgitales partes Ad Necessitatem Armatorum (DIANA), a research and development initiative backed by the Italian Ministry of Defence under the National Military Research Plan, to dismantle that dependency. …