With no spare available and a nine-month supplier quote, the Navy used additive manufacturing to produce, test and install a submarine valve body in about eight weeks.
SPARC is a new DoD-backed platform that gives real-time, machine-verified proof of U.S. production capacity. Built by Authentise, Kform, and OpenWerks, it connects directly to manufacturing machines and MES systems to show which suppliers are truly surge-ready — replacing forecasts and paperwork with live evidence of readiness.
