The military was quick to pick up on the potential for 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing (AM), when it was first developed in the early 1980s. In an industry where parts have to fulfil any number of regulations and often be backwardly compatible for decades, it found its niche in prototyping, where a single solid object is worth a thousand computer models.

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