Preserving National Heritage Through Innovation: Additive Manufacturing for Ceremonial Guns
Project TAMPA - Defence Insights

Preserving National Heritage Through Innovation: Additive Manufacturing for Ceremonial Guns

Defence
Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM | Europe/London

Presentation

English
About
This presentation summarises key engineering and commercial Lessons from Experience (LfE) gathered during Project Tampa Spiral 3A and 3B. It highlights the technical challenges with manufacture, build plate design and equivalency testing, as well as commercial lessons around onboarding, digital infrastructure and certification - particularly with US suppliers. The session will also outline future recommendations, such as optimising the OQ build plate layout for multi-laser configurations. These insights aim to improve the efficiency and capability of future Additive Manufacturing projects.

Speakers

Stuart Douglas

Chief EngineerBabcock