{"id":5593,"date":"2019-01-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/blog\/making-mlv-modular-logistics-vehicle-us-marines"},"modified":"2019-01-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T00:00:00","slug":"making-mlv-modular-logistics-vehicle-us-marines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fathommfg.com\/blog\/making-mlv-modular-logistics-vehicle-us-marines\/","title":{"rendered":"Making MLV Modular Logistics Vehicle U.S. Marines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n

Modular Logistics Vehicle (MLV) with Additive Manufacturing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Fathom team is excited to share a collaborative project for the United States Marine Corps (USMC), a modular vehicle system that meets a wide range of logistical missions. <\/b>Together in partnership with Launch Forth, Deloitte<\/a> and Siemens<\/a>, Fathom took on the challenge of fabricating a crowd-sourced vehicle concept within an accelerated timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project started as an international challenge using the Launch Forth platform to prove the value of crowd-sourcing ideas instead of traditional product development practices. Many design entries were submitted and it was a tough decision for the judges, but ultimately the winning design best exemplified the innovative spirit of the Marines. The next step in the challenge was realizing the design as a fully functional prototype. This entire development process typically takes years and the USMC Co-Lab team wanted to find a better and faster, way to innovate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3D CAD TO FUNCTIONAL PROTOTYPE IN 10 WEEKS<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fathom\u2019s engineering and design team<\/a> took over the winning concept, going from 3D CAD refinement to design for manufacturing to the fabrication of a working production-like prototype in 10 weeks. The team used both additive and traditional manufacturing processes to fabricate the modular vehicle, a hybrid approach that dramatically shortens product development and production timelines, while also enabling greater collaboration throughout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n