Military 3D Printing
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…
AM Software Provider Dyndrite Forms Multi-Year Partnership with 3D Printed Propulsion Specialist Ursa Major
The right partnerships enable all parties involved to accentuate their strengths more effectively than would be possible if each partner was working alone. Digital manufacturing software provider Dyndrite, which specializes…
Skuld Sells First Lightning Metal Machine to University of Tennessee
Skuld LLC has sold a Lightning Metal machine to the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Skuld’s Additive Manufacturing Evaporative Casting (AMEC) technique is potentially a super low-cost method for making…
3D Printing News Briefs, July 23, 2025: ASTM Standard, Defense, Bioinks, & More
We’re starting with business news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as Nikon AM Synergy has appointed a new CEO. Moving on, a proposed ASTM International standard will support 3D…
Large Format 3D Printing OEM BigRep Forms Strategic Partnership with Phillips Federal
BigRep, the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of large-format polymer additive manufacturing (AM) equipment, has announced a strategic partnership with Phillips Federal, one of the largest suppliers of advanced manufacturing equipment…
MetalWorm & Nurol Make Armored Vehicle Component with WAAM Technology
Turkish DED firm MetalWorm makes wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) systems that are used by research institutes in Brazil and Malaysia, while also counting Turkish armored car companies Otokar and…
Fortius Metals’ Jeph Ruppert on Why Wire-Based AM is Ready for Takeoff
Jeph Ruppert may have only been at Fortius Metals for a couple of months, but he knows the intricacies of additive manufacturing (AM) like someone who’s been steering the company…
3D Printed Drone Accelerator Firestorm Labs Continues Its Tear With $47M Series A
Firestorm Labs dominated the additive manufacturing (AM) industry’s attention in the first half of 2025, kicking off the year with its announcement of a $100 million Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity…
From Concept to Reality: Nikon AM CEO Hamid Zarringhalam on Executing a Metal 3D Printing Strategy
There are countless metrics you can use, whether quantitative or qualitative, to judge the success of an organization. One of the most important may simply be the organization’s ability to…
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…
HP and Firestorm Labs Form Partnership to Use Multi Jet Fusion 3D Printers in Deployable Factories
HP Inc., maker of a range of additive manufacturing (AM) solutions including the Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) ecosystem, has announced a partnership with Firestorm Labs, a developer of containerized, deployable…
3D Printing News Briefs, July 2, 2025: Copper Alloys, Defense Manufacturing, & More
We’re starting off with metals in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as Farsoon has unveiled a large-scale AM solution for copper alloys, and Meltio used its wire-laser metal solution to…
Reinventing Reindustrialization: Why NAVWAR Project Manager Spencer Koroly Invented a Made-in-America 3D Printer
It has become virtually impossible to regularly follow additive manufacturing (AM) industry news and not stumble across the term “defense industrial base” (DIB), a concept encompassing all the many diverse…
U.S. Navy Lab Uses 3D Printing to Reduce Tooling Lead Time By Over 90%
The F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office (JPO), responsible for life-cycle management of the key fifth-generation joint strike fighter (JSF) system used by the U.S., its allies, and its partners,…
3D Printing News Briefs, June 25, 2025: R&D Materials, 3D Printed Veneers, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, 3DXTECH has launched a program that gives customers early access to experimental materials, and the first Lithoz CeraFab Multi 2M30 in the Czech Republic…
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…
Nikon Advanced Manufacturing & ASTM International Form Partnership to Bolster U.S. Defense Supply Chain
Nikon Advanced Manufacturing Inc., the California-based, end-to-end metal additive manufacturing (AM) company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with standards organization ASTM International to work together on multiple efforts…
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…
BlueForge Alliance’s Tim Shinbara – a Driving Force for Defense Manufacturing
After an influential history within the manufacturing industry as VP and CTO of the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT), and a former (2020-2021) ASME Congressional Fellow in manufacturing, Tim Shinbara…
Another One in the Books! Stratolaunch Awards Ursa Major a $32.9M Contract for 16 3D Printed Engines
Last week, I published an interview with Ursa Major’s COO, Nick Doucette, and its Head of Marketing and Strategic Communications, Savanah Bray, in which they detailed the internal sentiment at…
3D Printing News Briefs, June 14, 2025: Awards, CNC Integration, Sneakers, & More
We’re kicking off today’s 3D Printing News Briefs with some exciting news, as the winners of this year’s TCT Awards have been announced! Then it’s on to business, with Shapeways…
Firing on All Cylinders: Ursa Major Discusses One of the Most Pivotal Quarters in Company History
It doesn’t make 3D printers, supply additive manufacturing (AM) feedstock, provide design software, or print parts upon request from the general marketplace. But none of this makes Ursa Major any…
Velo3D and US Navy Sign R&D Agreement to Characterize 3D Printing Materials for Aerospace
After going through major changes last year, including being delisted from the NYSE and being acquired by Arrayed Additive, Silicon Valley-based metal 3D printer OEM Velo3D has been picking up…
