Air Force cuts costs using 3-D printing
To the rest of us, it’s a toilet cover. And until recently, it had a price tag of $10,000.Officials said last week that the U.S. Air Force paid about $10,000 each to replace toilet seat covers on the C-5 Galaxy, a Vietnam-era military cargo plane that is still in service, at least three times and as recently as last year.The reason, they say, is that the plane’s manufacturer no longer produces the part, forcing the government to order a customized one when it needs to be […]
