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Let the Games Begin! Xi Throws Down the Advanced Manufacturing Gauntlet
Sangmin Lee went to TCT Asia back in March and reported on the event for 3DPrint.com. He wrote two articles arguing that China’s AM industry looks “ready to scale.” This…
Alloyed Helps Make UK Made Turbojet Engine
The UK’s Ministry of Defense has worked with Alloyed to develop a 3D printed, UK-made turbojet engine. From idea to testing took seven months. The duo will make a family…
The 3D Printing Opportunity in UGVs
In 2024, IperionX partnered with fastener firm Vegas Fasteners to jointly make fasteners for the US Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC). That DEVCOM component has been hit by funding…
3D Printing News Briefs, September 12, 2026: Rebranding, Cybersecurity, Project Call, & More
We’ve got a lot of business news from ATLIX to start off this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, with a new identify for its additive manufacturing (AM) portfolio and some…
Continuous Composites Wins Navy SBIR for 3D Printed UAVs
In a diversification effort, Continuous Composites has decided to seek work outside of the courtroom. The company that has been successful in defending its patent portfolio in composite 3D printing…
Iran Captures Anduril 3D Printed Underwater Drone
Iran has captured an autonomous Anduril Dive-LD underwater drone. The 5.8-meter-by-12-meter drone is used for ISR and possibly demining operations. But through a 3D printed payload area, it can be…
Savannah River National Laboratory & 3D Systems Sign Nuclear CRADA
Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) are deals between US federal organizations and other entities. The latter group most often includes private companies, as the primary purpose of CRADAs is…
IperionX Gets $11.5M Army Boost to Make Titanium Fasteners in the U.S.
IperionX is going to get another $11.5 million, potentially up to $25.4 million, of an existing SBIR Phase III with the Army (Task Order W911QX26FA097). The award covers low-cost titanium…
Japan’s B1 Terra Drone to Be Mass Produced
Despite its industrial might and precision engineering excellence, Japan has been rather aloof to 3D printing over the past decades. Even with an early start by companies such as Teijin…
3D Printing News Briefs, August 29, 2026: Prosthetics, Pelvic Implants, Capillaries, & More
In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, America Makes announced the winner of its GOTHAAM Project Call. Then it’s all about healthcare 3D printing news, with Stratasys and Limbitless Solutions…
DOE Awards $50M to Coreshell Technologies & AM Batteries for Domestic Anode Production
One topic that I do my best to stay on top of is the inseparability between rising adoption of metal additive manufacturing (AM) and the growing awareness of a need…
Phase3D Gets Air Force Contract for Real-Time CMC Inspection
Inspection software and tooling firm Phase3D has been given a Department of the Air Force contract. Its Fringe Inspection platform will be used in ceramic matrix composites (CMCs). CMCs are…
3D Printing News Briefs, August 13, 2026: 510(k) Clearance, Dental Resin, Project Call, & More
We’re starting off today’s 3D Printing News Briefs with a little FDA news, and then a new dental material for the Axtra3D Lumia X1. We’ll end with the winners of…
Talking About the Need for Speed at MMX 2026
On the first day of the recent MMX 2026, the annual Members Meeting and Exchange held by America Makes in Youngstown, Ohio, someone asked me if I had any early…
3D Systems Gets Further $9 Million For US Air Force Metal 3D Printing Project
3D Systems has received an extra $9 million under the Air Force’s Large-Format Metal 3D Printer Advanced Technology Demonstrator program. In 2023, the firm already got $10.8 million from the…
3D Printing News Briefs, August 1st, 2026: Project Calls, Contact Lenses, Chairs, & More
We’re starting with the winners of two America Makes project calls in this first 3D Printing News Briefs of August! Then we’ll move on to AM quality control for aerospace,…
Why Kyle Bass Is Betting on Divergent, and What It Says About the Future of Manufacturing
Kyle Bass has spent much of his career looking at big economic trends before everyone else does. The founder of Hayman Capital Management became famous for betting against the U.S….
How the US-China Trade War is Changing the 3D Printing Market
Western governments don’t really have a coherent view on how to engage China on trade, and how could they? They vacillate between intimate economic cooperation and antagonistic bluster, depending on…
NASA Funds Phase3D Research Project to Advance In-Situ Monitoring for Metal AM
Garbage in, garbage out: that cliche is currently associated most often with AI, but it really refers to the universal principle whereby a final outcome is only as useful as…
Australia’s AMCRC Funds Titanium 3D Printing R&D
In terms of the global economy’s presently existing state, there is no realistic path to economic resilience that doesn’t start with critical minerals security. This is a problem for pretty…
VulcanForms Lands Major State Backing in Massachusetts Manufacturing Push
Massachusetts is making a major bet on industrial 3D printing. As part of a new $52 million package of state tax credits to support business expansion, the Massachusetts Economic Assistance…
Austal, Curtin University and AMCRC Work on R&D Together
Australia’s Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (AMCRC) works with 70 industry partners to deliver collaborative R&D projects. They also work on workforce development and technology transfer. It’s kind of analogous…
Aires Tide Designed with AI, Supercomputers, and 3D Printing
The Department of Energy‘s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) is part of the US government that manages the US nuclear stockpile, helping to upgrade, improve, and maintain nuclear weapons, and…
US Army Awards Continuous Composites 3D Printed Missile Component Contract
Despite the very loud, indignant claims from American defense officials that the US hasn’t depleted a significant portion of its munitions stockpiles, the US has depleted a significant portion of…
