Aerospace & Defense

A long-time user of additive manufacturing, Boeing has renewed its faith in the technology year after year. After using 3D printing to design various prototyping and end-use parts, the aerospace giant is now 3D printing components for US satellites. Specifically,…

Aerospace giants Airbus and Safran, through its Safran Landing Systems branch, have announced that they are part of a new project to improve manufacturing processes in the aerospace sector. The group will work to create a new DED process, named…

In the aerospace industry, additive manufacturing is increasing becoming a major technology. Because of its benefits, such as design freedom and reduced building time and costs, 3D printing has attracted many players in the sector. From Fleet Space, which is…

From building projects on the moon to 3D printed rocket parts, lately there have been many projects mixing additive manufacturing and space. And with good reason. For space companies, the technology is opening up a whole new world of possibilities.…

It seems lately that the space race has been reignited. In recent years we have seen major moon projects from companies all over the globe — such as the Griffin lunar lander from Agile Space Industries, ICON, which is set…

Each Sunday, we take you on a video adventure through the world of additive manufacturing. This week, you will discover the secret weapon Elon Musk is using for his mission to colonize Mars by 2050—spoiler alert: he uses DMLS 3D…

Around Formnext, we always expect a flurry of announcements from companies in the additive manufacturing sector. Leading German supplier for industrial 3D printing EOS is no exception. Recently, the company announced the addition of a new material, EOS Aluminium Al2139…

The use of additive manufacturing (AM) in the military has been going on for a long time. From helmets to runway mats, the speed and flexibility of 3D printing has proven to be useful to armed forces the world over.…

Materialise continues to solidify it’s presence within the additive manufacturing (AM) aerospace industry! Just a few months since Airbus qualified the manufacturer to be one of only two companies (including EOS) to be their supplier for flight-ready, 3D-printed parts, they…

By the end of this year, Zortrax is expected to send a 3D-printed electrical circuit, made on their Endureal printer, to be tested onboard the WISA Woodsat CubeSat space mission. Ultimately, the goal of this mission is to reach low…

Incus, an Austrian provider for lithography-based AM solutions has announced a partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA), OHB System AG and Lithoz GmbH in a joint project using Incus’ Lithography-based Metal Manufacturing (LMM) process. The project will test 3D…

The aerospace and defense sector has been steadily employing the use of additive manufacturing to design tools and prototypes. Including, for example, the fact that for nearly five years now, Lockheed Martin, a global aerospace and defense company, and Makerbot…