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missileside: natofirst seen 2024-01-01

US startups speed solid rocket motor output using auto parts and new mixing/3D printing

The article describes manufacturing and supply-chain innovations for missiles/rocket motors: repurposing automotive FPGAs for guidance electronics, using fracking-grade high-pressure tubes for rocket motor hardware, adopting pharmaceutical-style bladeless mixers to boost propellant throughput, and expanding 3D-printed tooling/propellant approaches to cut production-line and fuel-production times. Novelty is in faster, cheaper scaling of missile and hypersonic weapon production rather than a new battlefield tactic.

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