MRO and Spares
Killer 3D Printing Applications: Tool Voids and The Hidden Opportunity in Tool Storage
Sometimes, nothing is the product. Hand tools, electric tools, factory tools, surgical tools, gardening tools, hobbyist tools, firefighter tools, and many other specialized tools can be found all over the…
Stratasys Acquires Markforged, Analysis of AM’s Latest Consolidation Move
A very long time ago, in 2023, the additive manufacturing (AM) industry was enraptured over the attempts by a large chunk of its publicly traded original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to…
How Additive Manufacturing Is Reducing Downtime in Irrigation Systems
In modern agriculture, uptime matters. Irrigation systems need to keep running during key growing periods, and even short interruptions can affect crops and reduce yields. Over the past few years,…
AM & the Military’s Self-Infliction of Rapid Change
I’ve noted before that the additive manufacturing (AM) market for defense has started to evolve so quickly that it’s impossible to even keep track of all the updates in real…
ROBOZE Buys Dimanex Assets to Build “Physical AI” Platform
Dutch firm Dimanex got its start as an MRO platform for the railways. The company had a contract with the Dutch Army in 2018, and later that year signed one…
MORSAN and LEHVOSS Work on 3D Printing for Food and Beverage
For many years, LEHVOSS has made specialized 3D printing materials such as high-temperature polyamide and high-flow PEEK. Now it has teamed up with MORSAN to develop a 3D printing offering…
INDOPACOM Advanced Manufacturing Team Saves Thousands Per Week at Joint Exercise in the Philippines
In the summer of 2025, the US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) opened a new advanced manufacturing facility at Schofield Barracks, the Hawaiian home of the US Army’s 25th Infantry Division. INDOPACOM…
Fleet Readiness Centers, a Six-Month Metal AM Push, and Shifting Defense Procurement
As I wrote about earlier this month, the Trump administration has requested a record $1.5 trillion in Department of Defense (DoD) funding for FY 2027. In my post about what…
Colibrium Additive Gets $31 Million NAVAIR Contract
Colibrium Additive has been awarded a $31 million contract by the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). The contract is part of the Additive Manufacturing Capability initiative, focused on qualification and…
6K Wins $1.95M DLA Award to Recycle Defense Metals
6K will receive $1.95 million from the Defense Logistics Agency under the Recovering Strategic Value project. The Phase II award aims to reduce the US’ dependence on Nickel, Titanium, Tungsten,…
DEEP Manufacturing to Open 50,000 Sq. Ft. WAAM Facility in Houston
I’m a big fan of wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM), in large part because it’s not that much of a departure from how arc welding already works. It’s a technology…
Additive Manufacturing Is Rewriting the Rules of Reshoring
Reshoring sounds straightforward: bring production back home. In practice, it’s far more complex. According to recent research by Hexagon in 2025, about 36% of U.S. manufacturing leaders are actively looking…
Ursa Major, AFRL Show AM’s Role in Future Deterrence Through Draper Test Flight
The war in Iran is only about two weeks old, but countless lessons — and warnings — have already emerged for militaries across the planet and the economy in general….
Rocket Lab & Aussie Startup Hypersonix Team Up for DIU-Backed, 3D Printed Hypersonic Testbed Trial
Additive Manufacturing (AM) Research just published its latest study, “AM Applications Analysis: Parts Produced 2025-2034,” which AM Research SVP Scott Dunham said includes by far the consultancy’s largest data package…
U.S. Marines Save Hundreds of Thousands with 3D Printed Antenna Mast
Recently, I wrote about an article by Col. Michael Mai, Chief of the US Army Working Capital Fund, in which he argued that the Army is “mispricing readiness” and that…
Waiting Has a Cost: the True Value of Additive Manufacturing
One of my favorite expressions is “Hurry up and wait,” because it perfectly captures one of my least favorite scenarios to have to live through. You rush to get ready…
Velo3D Becomes First Qualified AM Vendor for US Army’s Ground Vehicles Program
One indicator that I’ve used to help me track the additive manufacturing (AM) industry’s progress in terms of its technical maturity is the relative progress that each U.S. military branch…
Stratasys Partners With Defense Prime Heavyweights to Qualify SAF PA12 for Industrial 3D Printing
Perhaps the most valuable lesson that the additive manufacturing (AM) industry has learned in its technical maturation era over the last five years or so is that you can’t really…
Naval Postgraduate School Trains Non-Specialist Operators in Deployable 3D Printing with XSPEE3D
Aside from enabling uniquely complex geometries, I think that the two truly differentiating advantages of additive manufacturing (AM) are the potential for deployability and the potential for simplifying the process…
Analysis: HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding Buys Second NXG 600E
Nikon SLM Solutions has sold a second NXG 600E to HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding unit. This machine will be used to print in NiAlBr, Nickel Aluminum Bronze. The printer will…
3DPOD 291: AM Services from MRO to End-Users with Bjorn Madsen, Pelagus 3D
Pelagus 3D is a platform that helps large industrial customers digitize, evaluate, qualify, and make MRO components. Working with OEMs, end users, and manufacturing services, they’re a trusted middleman helping…
American Rheinmetall Orders $300K in 3D Printed Titanium Prototypes for U.S. Army Systems From IperionX
As I’ve noted more than once in recent months, 2025 was the year for critical minerals, and the U.S. additive manufacturing (AM) industry made the most of that. IperionX, the…
Camp Lejeune’s II Marine Expeditionary Force Innovation Campus: An Existing Model for the U.S.’s Future in Additive Manufacturing
A recent article in Military.com highlights the II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) Innovation Campus, located at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. It provides a good touchstone for the…
Subaru’s Adoption of T25 High Speed Head Reinforces Stratasys’ Dominance in 3D Printed Automotive Tooling
Last September, AM Research published a white paper sponsored by Stratasys on the role of additive manufacturing (AM) in enabling point-of-need tooling production across various industries. The white paper, “3D…
