ASTRO America to develop $550,000 additive manufacturing facility in Guam

Posted under: Emerging technologies
Date: 2024-01-17
ASTRO America to develop $550,000 additive manufacturing facility in Guam

The Applied Science and Technology Research Organization (ASTRO) America has been awarded 550,000 USD by BlueForge Alliance to develop an additive manufacturing training center in Guam. BlueForge Alliance is a nonprofit program integrator for the US Navy’s Submarine Industrial Base (SIB) team. It follows a feasibility study of the potential of additive manufacturing in Guam commissioned by the Government of Guam in 2021. ASTRO America was hired to conduct this study, the first phase of which was completed in April 2023. The second phase of the feasibility study is now also close to completion, with ASTRO America and the Guam Bureau of Statistics and Plans set to outline the vision for implementation of key aspects from the first phase. The first phase of the feasibility study recommended three interrelated additive manufacturing facilities, which would comprise a research and testing center, a business incubator, and an education and workforce training facility.

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