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The American corporation Supernova Industries has signed a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense for 3D printing explosives used in munitions and solid rocket fuel. This information was reported by Defense Express.

Funding was allocated under the Critical Chemicals Pilot Program of the American Center for Manufacturing and Innovation (ACMI) due to a multipurpose Pentagon contract.

“Supernova Industries' expertise lies in the fact that Americans have invented a method for printing mixtures through lamination and adding their own additives, which cause them to cure under light. This technology is called Viscous Lithography Manufacturing (VLM) and allows for the printing of materials with unlimited viscosity, and as a bonus, virtually any complexity of shapes,” experts indicate.

The company is already working with APCP mixtures – solid rocket fuel based on ammonium perchlorate, as well as with RDX explosives – hexogen. They are also developing their own energetic formulas.

This means that now, with the help of 3D printing, the military aims to address the issue of the "bottleneck" in the production of munitions – combat equipment.

“Traditionally, this process occurs through the pressing or pouring of explosives into a casing. Given that the munitions casing can also be printed on a 3D printer, things get much more interesting,” analysts suggest.