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Our project is for aircraft

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communication cables . We spend about

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$1.1 million every two years on

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aircraft communication cables . And

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they have the same problem as your

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phone cable , they bend , they break ,

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they get frayed , right . So we came up

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with this bracket and prints in 30

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minutes installs in a couple of seconds .

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But what's great is uh this is made out

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of something called autumn . Autumn is

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FAA proved 3D printed material .

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I think 3D printing has really been a

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great benefit to us . We , it's not the

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first time we've looked at 3D printing

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things . This improves our ability to

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get in the game and keep our aircraft

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flying . Because without those

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concordes , we don't have communication

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in the aircraft which in order to fly ,

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you have to be able to communicate with

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not only the people in the aircraft ,

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but tower , other aircraft , even

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survivors . So I think it's been a very

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beneficial thing and I really think

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that it will keep improving the quality

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of the air force .