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- Last year on March 5, a 100-pound piece

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of equipment fell on
one of our firefighters

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at McChord Air Force Base.

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This caused him to have
a severe neck injury

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and took him away from
our mission for 30 days.

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We designed a latch, as
you see in front of you,

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to prevent this from
happening again in the future.

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This latch took us almost three weeks

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to design from start to finish,

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but with Additive Manufacturing
in Vehicle Maintenance

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that time could be cut down
all the way into a single day.

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With Additive Manufacturing,
this would also minimize

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downtime for other parts,
such as obsolete parts,

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and in this case, a non-existent part.

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We are not limited to
one specific material,

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kind of like 3-D printing.

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It's the same process as 3-D printing,

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but with today's technology
and in Additive Manufacturing,

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this opens up a whole new realm

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and we'll be able to print
in steels and metals,

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such as aluminum and even titanium.

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These kits, like the one you
see in the picture behind us,

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can be rolled out and very
quick and easy to move.

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The one that is in the
picture can be set up

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and you can begin printing within minutes.

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You know RED HORSE Units will love that!

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- We're not the first ones
in the industry to do this.

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Industry leaders, such
as Ford, they produce

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over 500,000 parts a day,

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parts such as engine covers
on their Ford Mustangs.

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Boeing, they save an
average of $2.5 million

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per Dreamliner aircraft.

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General Electric, they produce over 85,000

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fuel nozzles for aviation use.

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A part that was over 25
pieces individually welded

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is now one single part with
Additive Manufacturing.

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Lockheed Martin, a main
partner in the military today,

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they took a part for the
C-5 aircraft that would

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take over 52 weeks to manufacture,

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and they brought that
down to one to two days.

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What we're asking for today is $350,000.

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This would get us a 3-D printer.

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It'll also provide us with the training

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and certifications to
teach other individuals.

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In addition to that, they provide us

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with the software and the maintenance

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so we don't have to worry about that.

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Finally, they'll provide us
with the proper materials

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in order to create our latches.

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- Our mission achievement
comes in three phases.

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The first phase, we would like to

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purchase the equipment
and the required software

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to get us off the ground
and up and running.

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We would also have to start combating

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our Vehicle Maintenance Technical Orders.

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The second phase, we would like

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to begin printing our latch and

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other obsolete parts
in Vehicle Maintenance;

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however, we would have
to validate those parts

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and make sure they're up to
manufacturers' specifications.

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The third and final phase, we would like

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to eventually print anywhere, on demand,

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and even for other organizations
such as MXS and AMXS,

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because they would love to benefit

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from this Additive Manufacturing process.

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Right now, the average age for each

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Air Force vehicle in the
fleet is 13 years old.

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Federal law states that
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supply parts for these after ten years.

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This a huge problem that we
have in vehicle maintenance.

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We're always fumbling
around looking for parts

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and sometimes we can't
even get them anymore,

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so we have them custom-made for us.

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This is usually very expensive

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and we'll have to wait
weeks, if not months.

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With Additive Manufacture
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we'd be able to streamline this process

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and start making these parts
in-house at our facilities,

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and we'd be able to get these vehicles

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back to the customers faster than ever.

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- Zero injuries have occurred since we

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implemented our latch at
McChord Air Force Base.

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We have multiple partners
who have awarded us

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and recognized us for our innovation

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and are ready to bring
it to the next level.

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We have multiple suppliers,
such as Markforged

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and FabricLabs, who are ready to partner

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with the Air Force today.

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As soon as we receive our 3-D printer,

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we're able to print right away,

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getting all of our
latches, Air Force-wide,

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to all 904 structural firetrucks,

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thus preventing any further injury.

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We'd like to thank you for your time

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and this opportunity today.

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At this time, we'd like to ask

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if you have any further questions.

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- Wow, guys, great.

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Sergeant Klingerfield, Airman
Vesey that was phenomenal.

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I mean, short, sweet, easy, I know exactly

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what you're looking for.

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You've printed these latches,

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you found a problem,

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you said, "How do I fix
it? How do I get it?"

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How many of these latches do you have

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on the fire trucks today?

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- Sir, currently there's
two latches per fire truck.

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- Okay, and have you installed these

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on the fire trucks already?

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- Yes, sir, the ones at McChord Field.

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- How long did it take you
to work through the process

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to get them on the truck?

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Back through Vehicle Maintenance,
or the TO, or whatever,

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are we maturing that, do
we have a good process

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where what you can design
and print we can use,

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and it doesn't take three years?

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- Yes, sir, that's a very good question.

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So currently, these latches you see here,

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these were made with the help
Metals Technology on base;

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however, the first latches
that we came up with,

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they were welded and those are the ones

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that we're currently
using on these vehicles.

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And we'd love to use
Additive Manufacturing

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to slim that process
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to measure each piece out, weld them up,

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and then make sure they fit the truck.

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With Additive Manufacturing, we'd be able

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to print every latch the same

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without having to take the
measurements and everything.

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- So we don't have an
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on the truck yet?

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- No, sir.

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- And what's holding us up?

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And how long?

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- How long, sir?

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- What's holding us up from installing one

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and how long do you think it'll take

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to work through that process.

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- That totally depends
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to combat our Vehicle
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- I love that word,
man, I wrote that down.

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So we're beholden on the TO.

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- Yes, sir.

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- We gotta go back through
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Do we think that's gonna be quick?

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- Actually, I believe so
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and it even mentions
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that this is a very new technology

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and they're open for innovation.

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- Well, and you've probably got different

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levels of parts, right?

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You don't need as much scrutiny, so...

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- Exactly.
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- So, can you walk me
through how this would work?

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I'm not really familiar
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very familiar with plastic and

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the original development
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But it requires specifications
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in order to 3-D print it
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When you have an obsolete, outdated part,

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who is developing the
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to feed into the printer itself?

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- So, basically, you plug into
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And then it'll take this part and trace it

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and get the exact dimensions,

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and then you upload
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and then it'll take it and
print it within 90% accuracy.

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And then the second
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and the second print
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Does that answer your question?

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- Yeah, what about the
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and all that, 'cause
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to have a higher sustainability rate,

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whether it's the pressure, torque, heat,

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things of that nature?

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and for our instance, with our latch,

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with Additive Manufacturing,
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would be just as strong, if not stronger.

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With other parts, we'll
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based on OEM specifications
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If it meets or exceeds the standards.

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Does that answer your question?

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- Yes sir, yes it did.

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Thank you.

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- So guys, my question is, you
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worldwide, or in the Air
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there're 13 years old,
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after ten years is, we're on our own

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or we're buying something
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and they kinda have us locked in.

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So I try to avoid that,
that's called "vendor lock."

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So what do you see as scalability,

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what other types of either vehicles

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with Vehicle Maintenance
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or other types of equipment
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So, we're not worrying about
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going through qualifications
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but something on the ground
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beyond the firefighting equipment?

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- That's a very good question.

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Just about every vehicle in the fleet,

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especially at McChord, they're getting old

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and it's very hard to find those parts.

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With Additive Manufacturing, we'd be able

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to find a truck that has a solid part

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and we'd be able to scan it,

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like Airman Vesey was explaining earlier,

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and we'd be able to put
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This isn't just limited to
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This is opened up for every
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especially if they're getting
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Does that answer your question?

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- It does, thank you.

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- Well that was super cool technology.

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I really like it.

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I've read in the paper,
the press, that there

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has been use of this in various locations,

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both within the Air Force and
within the other services.

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Did you find in your
research other applications

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that might speed up how
you would implement this?

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- Yes, ma'am.

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Airman Vesey was speaking
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That's one of the companies
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working with.

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We actually got with them and we had

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a nice conference call with them,

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and the gentleman on
the phone, he said that

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the Marines and the Army are
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currently today in some
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That picture that we saw,
that you can just set it up

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and go within minutes,

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that's used for the Army.

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They use that in some of
their training missions.

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- Super, great.

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- Does that answer your question?

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- Yes it did, thanks.

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- So you guys, you want to
come over to contracting?

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You're doing market research
too, so good on ya! (laughs)

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- (laughing) Thank you, ma'am.

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- Awesome.
- Thank you.

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- I tell you, great job,
great presentation, guys.

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Clearly you're the experts,
'cause I was talking

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with you a little bit about before,

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and thank you for doing that.

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You know, I want to thank
you for seeing a problem

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and then just getting out there

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and thinking outside
the box and just trying

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to fix it and make it safer.

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So hats off to you guys for that,

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because you are protecting
Airmen with your idea.

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And I think that there's
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we have to do, things
internally with VEMSO

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and the vehicle folks like that,

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to make sure we can use this product.

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But you're definitely on
to something, so thank you.

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- Yes sir, thank you.
- Thank you.

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- All right guys, super job.

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Vesey, look at ya man,
rocking it out, A1C,

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up briefing us, man, very good.

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- Sergeant Klingerfield, great mentoring.

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Good job by the team, you
guys carried yourself well,

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and we know exactly
what you're looking for.

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- Thank you, sir.
- So, thanks a lot.

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Appreciate it, great job.

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(applause)

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(jazzy rock music)