Aerospace 3D Printing

We’re starting with two new America Makes Project Calls in this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, followed by a 3D printer purchase and a distribution agreement. We’ll finish with AM…

At AIAA SciTech 2026, 3DPrint.com moved between the show floor, exhibitor booths, and technical discussions, speaking with companies, researchers, and engineers about how 3D printing is being used today in…

Equity markets are in the midst of a moment that’s being called “the Great Rotation“, which is essentially the normal sector rotation that happens in any bull market, but framed…

The manufacturing sector is made up of clusters: “geographic concentrations of interconnected companies” that both cooperate and compete with each other. Of course, this is true about any sector in…

The AIAA SciTech Forum 2026 brought much of the aerospace community together in one place. With roughly 6,000 attendees, 115 exhibitors, 21 sponsors, and nearly 3,000 technical paper presentations, the…

Additive manufacturing (AM) is steadily changing the way we think about producing metal parts for aircraft. Whilst aerospace and defense companies have been using metal AM for over twenty years,…

Happy New Year! We’ve got an abbreviated 3D Printing News Briefs for you today, so we can all enjoy our holiday weekend but still keep up on the industry’s news….

In the first part of this series, we spoke with Xometry’s Senior Vice President of Marketplace Operations, Mike Cavalieri, about how manufacturers are reshoring, diversifying their suppliers, and building more…

It’s the last 3D Printing News Briefs of the year! On this New Year’s Eve, we’re focusing on Beehive’s completed Frenzy Engine, adaptive slicing for binder jetting, medical 3D printing…

If you ask most people what’s holding back 3D printing in aerospace, they usually think the answer is better hardware; mainly faster machines, bigger build chambers, and tighter process control….

2025 was a year of milestones and experimentation in additive manufacturing (AM), marked not only by technical progress but also by the mergers, acquisitions, and restructurings that reshaped the industry,…

Jeff Thornburg has a wealth of experience, starting in the Air Force, Aerojet, NASA, SpaceX, and more. His experience in additive and space has now led him to start Portal…

When I talk with defense customers and partners about additive manufacturing, the conversation rarely starts with, “What can we print?” It usually starts with something like, “We can’t get this…

For 15 years, the Forbes 30 Under 30 North America list has highlighted young people who are reshaping industries across the U.S. and Canada. This year, a few innovators stand…

Back in April, leading Australian cold spray additive manufacturing (CSAM) original equipment manufacturer (OEM) Titomic announced that the company was partnering with defense giant Northrop Grumman to test the use…

After the success of 3D printed bike seats, many types of pads have been explored, from backpack pads to those for boxing gloves and helmets. But can we also find…

The U.S. Department of War (DoW) has been telling anyone who will listen that the Pentagon is making major changes to how it procures equipment. In a recent speech at…

Every year, the U.S. Navy runs an exercise called Trident Warrior to test new technologies under real operating conditions. In 2025, the biggest surprise was how central 3D printing became….

Colibrium Additive, the GE Aerospace-owned metal AM business, was at Formnext 2025 in Frankfurt this week to introduce its latest machine upgrade: a 4 × 1 kW version of the…

There has still never been a single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) craft launched from Earth, but plenty of companies are working tirelessly to realize that dream, and additive manufacturing (AM) is integral to…

Lufthansa Technik has announced that it utilizes Material Extrusion 3D printers to manufacture aircraft parts. The leading aircraft maintenance and interiors firm uses Bambu Lab printers to prototype parts while 3D…

As demand grows for more agile and cost-effective production methods, additive manufacturing is increasingly seen as a viable solution for end-use parts — not just prototyping. NECO, a contract manufacturer…

Metalysis is to develop Tanbium alloy powder for launch vehicle manufacturer Skyrora. Metalysis uses an FFC solid-state electrolysis process, originally developed at Cambridge University and known as the FFC Cambridge…

We’re starting with European business news in this weekend’s News Briefs, as ASTM International and CECIMO are collaborating to drive additive manufacturing in Europe, and Farsoon Europe has opened a…