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The mission of the Navy Man Tech

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program is to develop new and improved

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manufacturing processes with the goal

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of reducing the acquisition and

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lifecycle costs of key Navy platforms .

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David Mann Tech works in conjunction

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with the Centers of Excellence and the

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shipyards to generate ideas that would

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have the greatest impact cost savings

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or capability acceleration for the Navy

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and for the warfighter today you're at

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ingalls shipbuilding . We build surface

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combatants for the U . S . Navy as well

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as the Coast Guard and any commercial

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opportunities that we have as well .

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The shape plate robot project is taking

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a process that it took over 40 years

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for a craftsman to create his art in

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order to shape plates . The existing

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process involves using a flame based

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porch to eat and then pull the metal .

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We've taken that science put it into a

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robot that use programming to take his

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art and repeat that process to shape

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that plate What the robot is doing .

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It's taking flat pieces of steel and

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forming them into specific shapes that

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go into various components that will

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then be installed on the ship . And the

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goal is to shorten the process of

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fabricating these plates from somewhere

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on the order of 50 to 60 hours to

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hopefully around four hours . And

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that's a tremendous cost and time

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savings for the Navy . We've had over

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40 for projects that are implemented or

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in the process of implementing the till

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savings over $27 million dollars per

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hole . And we've done all kinds of

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projects with them from new , improved

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welding processes to digital threat

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technologies . Another technologies

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that really reduce the cost of

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fabrication and accelerate the delivery

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of those assets . This project supports

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the Navy and the Warfighter ,

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generating cost savings for the Navy

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and allowing those research dollars to

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be used for new capabilities and

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bringing those to the warfighter more

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quickly . They provide expertise and

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cutting edge technology that , as

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shipbuilders we would not usually be

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accustomed to or even familiar with .

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So that partnership really provides us

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benefit to grow , learn and continue

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getting better and reducing costs for

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our customers .