Aerospace & Defense

American company Collins Aerospace recently announced the opening of its new additive manufacturing center located in Monroe, North Carolina. The company, which is a subsidiary of the multinational Raytheon Technologies Corporation, opened the additional location for the expansion of its…

On Wednesday, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a Temporary Denial Order (TDO) to suspend the export privileges of three US-based 3D printing service providers. Quicksilver Manufacturing Inc, Rapid Cut LLC and U.S. Prototype Inc.…

You may remember Fleet Space, the Australian company that plans to send fully 3D printed satellites, named Alpha, to the Centauri constellation. Though those satellites are not yet ready for launch, the company recently made a significant step forward. On…

When we discuss industries using additive manufacturing, one that always comes to mind is aerospace. Since the advent of 3D printing technologies, the sector has strived to adopt and integrate AM thanks to benefits like weight optimization and cost reduction.…

It has been apparent for a while now that additive manufacturing (AM) is becoming more industrialized. For example, we have been seeing the use of more mature technologies and materials suited to the creation of end-use products. However, one of…

Mitsubishi has long been active in more than just the automotive sector. The Japanese manufacturer of electrical and electronic products has also been making use of additive manufacturing technology and the associated new market fields for some time. Recently the…

SPEE3D, an Australian metal 3D printing company, recently announced that it was chosen by the US Navy to play an important role in their MaintenX exercise which aims to give a better understanding of the operational challenges faced by soldiers…

The German manufacturer EOS recently signed a partnership with Hyperganic, a company based in Munich, which develops algorithmic engineering software based on artificial intelligence. The goal of this cooperation in is to integrate the Hyperganic core platform with EOS’ 3D…

Just recently, we illustrated what life in space could potentially look like, introducing various applications such as spacesuits, habitats and even patches. All of which can be 3D printed on the spot. Now, researchers from the Department of Physics and…

When it comes to exploring the unknown, what better than innovative, flexible technologies which can adapt to any need? For that reason, one of the largest adopters of additive manufacturing in the past few years have been organizations working on…

When we talk about the use of additive manufacturing in the aerospace sector, we cannot avoid mentioning the US company Launcher. In the past, the company, founded in 2017, has been able to generate a lot of attention for itself…

A team of researchers at NASA has developed a new metal alloy called GRX-810, that is 1000 times stronger than any previously developed alloy. Probably even more interesting is the fact that for this project, the team of professionals relied…