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250512-N-EV669-1000.JPG Photo By: Ashleigh Whitney

Rota, Spain - NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain -- An additive manufacturing machine prints an eductor, or jet pump, using stainless steel wire for the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51). Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC) Detachment Rota, in partnership with the Spanish Armada’s intermediate-level maintenance command and their embedded additive manufacturing (AM) contractor, manufactured parts for Arleigh Burke, generating timely readiness for the ship ahead of its planned patrol throughout U.S. Sixth Fleet. FDRMC provides emergent, intermediate and depot-level maintenance and modernization for Forward Deployed Naval Forces in U.S. 5th and 6th Fleets through fleet technical assistance, voyage repair, contract management oversight, assessments, and diving and salvage.


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