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U.S. military uses 3D printing to make N95 respirators By (0) Air Force Maj. Daniel Williams demonstrates the fit of an N95 elastomeric half-mask respirator, which is among the designs that the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity has been testing after 3D printing them. Photo by Jeffrey Soares/U.S. Army Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army is using 3D printing technology to produce N95 respirators, the chief of the Defense Department's medical technology office said on Monday. Air Force Maj. Gen. Daniel Williams, of the U.S. Army Medical...

Cummings to serve as acting Pentagon acquisition head January 13 Stacy Cummings speaks at a 2017 event. She will serve as acting undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment after Jan. 20. (Flavia Hulsey/U.S. Defense Department) WASHINGTON — Stacy Cummings, the acting deputy assistant secretary of defense for acquisition, will temporarily fill the department’s top acquisition office once Joe Biden becomes president, Defense News has learned. Ellen Lord, the undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, will step down on Jan. 20, with Cummings filling that role until th...

6 Following a year of intense dedication to the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command’s sprawling efforts to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic, LTC Michelle Colacicco-Mayhugh has been named a 2021 Heroes of Military Medicine award winner. The award, which honors outstanding contributions by individuals dedicated to advancing the ideals and reach of military medicine, is presented by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.. “It was obviously extremely exciting and surprising,” said Colacicco-Mayhugh, noting that she ...