One of the most important aspects of HANX is its U.S. National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) compliance. Basically, this means that HANX requires no components from adversary countries restricted under the NDAA.
For drones, that means avoiding lots of readily available parts from China . This is important to the military electronics supply chain components as it reduces the possibility of backdoors and other security compromises in hardware/firmware/software.
HANX is not the first U.S. Military project to make extensive use of additive manufacturing. The Hawkeye Platoon recently deployed 3D printers to fabricate, assemble, and maintain quadcopter reconnaissance drones during a military exercise.
We also previously reported that the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence hosts a training course for troops to produce, operate, and maintain FPV drones , backed by 3D printing equipment.
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/us-marine-corps-develops-first-ndaa-compliant-3d-printed-drone-dubbed-hanx-modular-design-makes-it-quick-to-adapt-from-reconnaissance-to-one-way-attack-and-other-duties#main
- https://www.tomshardware.com
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