澳大利亚政府已授予5个研究机构（260万美元的AUD），以开发“能量材料”的增材制造技术。
含量的反应性，能量材料覆盖了可以用作的聚合物体explosives， 或者solid rocket fuel。
3D打印材料使军事和国防行动具有降低成本并提高武器效率的潜力。
According to Christopher Pyne，澳大利亚国防工业部长“这项研究可能导致高级武器系统的生产，这可以针对独特的性能和目的进行量身定制”
“它还应该为澳大利亚行业提供更广泛的访问和更高效，更环保的制造机会，从而为国防和采矿建设等行业提供大量的成本和竞争优势。”
The ‘key to main stream 3D印刷'
The Australian Government’s R&D organization the Defence Science and Technology Group (DST Group), will be working with weapons research companyDefendTex，，，，RMIT大学，，，，Flinders UniversityandCranfield University在英国，数百万美元的项目。
弗林德斯纳米级科学技术中心的聚合物专家兼总监戴维·刘易斯（David Lewis）教授说：“开发这样的系统的能力是下一代添加剂制造，并且是该技术成为主要流的关键。”
Eco benefits and adaptability
该项目的资金将在接下来的两年中为多学科团队提供贡献。除了节省制造成本并鼓励武器设计方面的多功能性外，3D印刷的能量材料还具有环保效果，目前欧盟委员会资助的研究。
Travis Reddy, chief executive of DefendTex explains the benefits of the proposed technology as follows, “In addition to offering the prospect of significant performance gains, additive manufacturing of energetic materials has the potential to solve cost, safety and efficiency problems associated with traditional manufacturing methods which have remained unchanged for a generation,”
“Partnering with defence scientists from the DST Group and Cranfield University is critical in informing the research requirements associated with the project aims and in ensuring that the technology has the greatest chance of meeting defence needs.”
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