Government
3D Printing News Briefs, September 6, 2025: SBIR Awards, Regenerative Medicine, & More
In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start with some exciting funding news, as NIST has awarded over nearly $2 million to small businesses working to advance AI, additive…
From Energy to Defense: Strengthening Supply Chains Through Dual-Use Additive Manufacturing
Dual-use technologies serve more than one sector, often bridging the gap between commercial and defense applications. Additive manufacturing (AM), once seen primarily as a prototyping tool, is now maturing into…
SAE International Celebrates its 10th Anniversary of AM Aerospace Standards
Ten years into SAE’s AMS AM standards work, Bill Bihlman examines progress, pain points, and the path to wider aerospace adoption. This summer, SAE celebrated its 10th anniversary of its…
Air Force Awards 3D Systems $7.65M Contract to Continue Work on Large Format Metal 3D Printer
Back in September 2023, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded 3D Systems a contract worth nearly $11 million to develop a large-format metal additive manufacturing (AM) demonstrator, a…
IperionX Gets $12.5 Million from the DoD to Ramp Up U.S. Titanium Production
Titanium technology company IperionX (ASX: IPX) has received $12.5 million from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to boost titanium production at its Virginia manufacturing campus. This money is part…
MMX 2025: America Makes Leadership Team Shares Institute Updates
Featured image: chairs, podium, and letters 3D printed by JuggerBot 3D. America Makes is a public-private partnership for additive manufacturing (AM), driven by the non-profit National Center for Defense Manufacturing…
DARPA Backs Battelle and Aprecia to Accelerate Pharmaceutical 3D Printing
Back in the ancient history of industrial 3D printing — 2016 — ZipDose, made by Ohio’s Aprecia, became the first drug produced with additive manufacturing (AM) available in U.S. pharmacies…
OUTLAW3D: Singapore’s 3D Printing Service Bureaus Ask for Better Regulations on Gun & Vape Parts
Back in 2021, the Parliament of Singapore passed a law called the Guns, Explosives, and Weapons Control (GEWC) Bill, banning individuals without the appropriate licenses from owning digital blueprints for…
America Makes, MMX, & Where U.S. Advanced Manufacturing Goes from Here
I’ve seen plenty of people say more or less this same thing over the last few years: what’s standing in the way of AM’s scale-up in the U.S. defense industrial…
EOS & NASA Sign Agreement to Accelerate Space 3D Printing Workforce Development
If there’s one major issue in the manufacturing sector that can be expected to persist well into the future, it’s workforce development. This is especially true in nations like the…
Daring AM: Changing Landscape for 3D Printed Guns
3D printed guns continue to draw attention from lawmakers, tech platforms, and law enforcement. Difficult to trace, these ghost guns can be made at home with a 3D printer and…
America Makes Launches $1.7M Project Call to Train & Qualify AM Suppliers for Defense at MMX 2025
America Makes has announced a new funding opportunity to strengthen the U.S. defense supply chain through additive manufacturing (AM). Backed by $1.7 million from the Department of Defense (DoD), the…
AM Demand Signals: Unusual Machines’ CEO Allan Evans Explains the White House Executive Order on Drones
In terms of all the many factors out there with the potential to impact demand outlook for the additive manufacturing (AM) industry, an executive order issued by the White House…
3DPOD 264: 3D Printing in US Marine Corps with Matt Pine, Innovation Officer
Matt Pine is training Marines to use 3D printing in the field and helping deploy the technology globally for the United States Marine Corps. Working primarily with desktop machines, he…
XJet Sells Metal 3D Printer to Mold Maker, Deepens Partnership with Youngstown Business Incubator
Back in 2017, XJet, the Israel-based original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of metal and ceramic additive manufacturing (AM) systems, sold its first machine in the North American market, a Carmel 1400C…
U.S. Navy Signals Further Metal AM Buildup, Taps AML3D in New LOI
In the government contracting process, public sector agencies often issue a letter of intent (LOI) in the lead-up to forging formal deals with specific companies for future delivery of goods…
After Failed Sale, voxeljet Turns to Germany’s Rescue Law—Now Fully Owned by Anzu
For the latest updates (as of July 3, 2025), see the end of this article. voxeljet (OTCMKTS: VJTTY) is heading into a crucial phase. After shareholders rejected a proposed sale…
Making Space: Stratasys Global Director of Aerospace & Defense Conrad Smith Discusses the Space Supply Chain Council
Of all the many verticals that have been significant additive manufacturing (AM) adopters, few have been more deeply influenced by the incorporation of AM into their workflows than the space…
Inside The Barnes Global Advisors’ Vision for a Stronger AM Ecosystem
As additive manufacturing (AM) continues to revolutionize the industrial landscape, Pittsburgh-based consultancy The Barnes Global Advisors (TBGA) is helping shape what that future looks like. As the largest independent AM…
3D Printing News Briefs, June 21, 2025: AI Co-Pilot, Plastics Recycling, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, opdo is launching an AI-powered co-pilot for advanced optical systems, and Tempus 3D received $250,000 to advance plastics recycling in 3D printing. Moving on,…
Ruggedized: How USMC Innovation Officer Matt Pine Navigates 3D Printing in the Military
Disclaimer: Matt Pine’s views are not the views of the Department of Defense nor the U.S. Marine Corps Throughout this decade thus far, the military’s adoption of additive manufacturing (AM)…
U.S. Congress Calls Out 3D Printing in Proposal for Commercial Reserve Manufacturing Network
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Appropriations Committee moved the FY 2026 defense bill forward to the House floor. Included in the legislation is a $131 million proposal for…
UT Austin Taps Electroninks as Materials Supplier for DARPA AMME Program
Electroninks is one of those companies that could change the way manufacturing works. The Texas-based firm makes conductive inks, and in copper, nickel, gold, platinum, and silver, these inks can…
IperionX Receives SBIR Phase III Contract for Titanium in Defense Applications
IperionX has obtained a SBIR Phase III Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The potential value of the contract is $99 million, and not surprisingly is focused around “Low-Cost Domestic…
