Fort Bliss, Texas, ahora alberga el primer cuartel impreso en 3D del Departamento de Defensa. \u201cEstamos aqu\u00ed hoy porque mucha gente so\u00f1\u00f3 con nuevas ideas y se pregunt\u00f3: ‘\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 no?’. Por eso entregamos hoy esta instalaci\u00f3n de vanguardia al Ej\u00e9rcito\u201d, declar\u00f3 el teniente general David Wilson, subjefe de Estado Mayor de Instalaciones del Ej\u00e9rcito (G-9), durante la ceremonia de inauguraci\u00f3n el 29 de enero. El nuevo cuartel fue una colaboraci\u00f3n entre el Ej\u00e9rcito y la empresa emergente de rob\u00f3tica y materiales avanzados ICON, con sede en Texas.<\/p>\n
Fort Bliss, Texas, is now home to the Department of Defense\u2019s first 3D-printed barracks.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re here today because many people dreamed of new ideas and said, \u2018Why not?\u2019 and that\u2019s why we\u2019re delivering this state-of-the-art facility to the Army today,\u201d Lt. Gen. David Wilson, the Army\u2019s deputy chief of staff of installations, G-9, said during the Jan. 29 ribbon-cutting ceremony.<\/p>\n
The new barracks was a collaboration between the Army and Texas-based robotics and advanced materials startup ICON. It feature three buildings across two new sites, and each building is 5,700 square feet, according to an Army news release. Two buildings are in the Pershing Heights\u00a0area<\/a>, and one is at Camp McGregor on the Fort Bliss Training Complex in New Mexico.<\/p>\n Wilson, who served with the 1st Armored Division at Fort Bliss from 2008 to 2010 as the 121st Brigade Support Battalion commander after the division headquarters moved to El Paso, Texas, from Ansbach, Germany, called the area \u201cone of the warmest and most welcoming communities I had ever been a part of in my 38 years of service, both as an enlisted soldier and a commissioned officer.\u201d<\/p>\n