Aerospace & Defense

Defense organizations are rethinking how they manufacture, maintain and adapt military equipment. Supply chains are under pressure. Operational demands are changing. Additive manufacturing is one of the tools helping them respond. Here are eight reasons why it is becoming essential.…

The additive manufacturing industry has received further validation from the aerospace sector. Houston, Texas-based hypersonic startup Venus Aerospace has officially closed a $91 million Series B financing round. Led by the venture capital firm Mercury Fund, the round saw participation…

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has successfully demonstrated the first tangible output of the federal Genesis Mission with the creation of Aires Tide: an AI-designed, 3D-printed flight test vehicle. Initiated back in November 2025 via a presidential Executive Order,…

Jet turbine engineers need components that can survive some of the most extreme conditions imaginable, like emperatures exceeding 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, and for years, no off-the-shelf alloy survived the task. The answer came from NASA Glenn Research Center in the…

What if a machine could achieve the dexterity of a human alongside the consistency of a robot? Post-processing 3D-printed parts manually is often tedious, time-consuming, and prone to variation. To address this, Rivelin Robotics, supported by the United Kingdom’s Defence…

The 2026 Wohlers Report once again reported that the defense sector is the largest revenue generator for additive manufacturing, with aerospace following behind. Driven by a federal mandate to shore up supply chain resilience, the United States has invested billions…

The U.S. military is increasingly turning to additive manufacturing not as an experimental tool, but as a strategic response to a structural problem: supply chains that were never built for the speed of modern conflict. The latest example comes from…

Drones have become indispensable to modern warfare. From frontline reconnaissance to target acquisition, unmanned aerial systems are now as critical to ground operations as any weapon in a soldier’s arsenal. But fielding them fast enough to match the pace of…

See the left-most engine in the photo above? That’s the Frenzy 8, printed by Beehive Industries, and the first engine to test (FETT) in the series of iterations. Continue right, and you’ll see the evolution of the Frenzy 8, ending…

The Artemis II mission launched on April 1, carrying four astronauts on the first crewed flight around the Moon in more than half a century. On board was the Universal Waste Management System (UWMS), the first functional toilet to travel…

From reconnaissance to strike missions, 3D-printed drones are moving from the factory floor to the front lines. Across the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, and allied forces, additive manufacturing is enabling soldiers to build, repair, and adapt UAVs exactly where and…

As the U.S. military grapples with aging supply chains and prolonged lead times for critical aircraft, the Department of War is turning to advanced additive manufacturing to bridge the gap. On March 10, Nikon AM Synergy Inc. announced it had…