Defense 3D printing
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: December 1, 2024
We’ve got several webinars this first week of December, plus events all around the world, from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Austin, Texas to the UK, Barcelona and beyond. Plus, there…
New Leadership Takes the Helm at Alabama’s AMIIC Innovation Hub
After two decades of military service, including combat tours in Iraq, U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel John Schmitt knows a lot about handling tough challenges—both on the battlefield and in the…
3D Printing Saves Fort Drum’s 10th Mountain Division $500,000 in One Year
The US Army’s 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, located in northern New York, will open a new innovation lab on October 3rd, largely a reflection of the success that…
French Navy Validates Meltio’s 3D Printing for Creating and Repairing Metal Parts
Spanish multinational Meltio, based in Linares, develops wire-laser metal deposition solutions for many industrial sectors, including military and defense. The latest to validate its technology for creating and repairing metal…
Australia’s SPEE3D: The Most American 3D Printing Company
In the additive manufacturing (AM) industry, arguably the most important original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to the US Department of Defense (DoD) right now is SPEE3D, the maker of cold spray…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: June 23, 2024
RAPID + TCT is finally here! Taking place in Los Angeles this week, it’s North America’s premier additive manufacturing event, and everyone who’s anyone will be there, including 3DPrint.com! But,…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: June 9, 2024
It’s another busy week of 3D printing events, with a few webinars thrown in the mix as well! Advanced Manufacturing for Defense by IDGA, in collaboration with ASTM International, is…
Navy’s Afloat Additive Manufacturing Program Creates Scalability Model for 3D Printing Industry
A story published this week in National Defense spotlights a new Department of Defense (DoD) program of record (PoR) for fiscal year 2024, the Navy’s Afloat Additive Manufacturing (AM) Program….
High Stakes, High Speed: KVG Acquires 15 Nexa3D HSE 3D Printers to Boost Military Tech
As 3D printing increasingly intersects with defense and military logistics, a new partnership between Nexa3D and mission support logistics firm KVG stresses the growing importance of this technology in strategic…
Latest Earnings Overview for Australian 3D Printing Firms Titomic and AML3D
Australian 3D printing manufacturing firms Titomic (ASX: TTT) and AML3D (ASX: AL3) reported their financial results for the period from July to December 2023, marking the first half of their…
Onward for Velo3D with Optimistic Q1 Outlook, Gaining Momentum in Defense Sector
Just days after Velo3D (NYSE: VLD) revealed a brutal earnings report, the company is showing some signs of recovery, announcing bookings totaling $27 million since mid-December. What’s more, Velo3D shared…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: March 24, 2024
We’ve got a very busy week of webinars and events, starting with Global Industrie Paris and a members-only roundtable for AM Coalition. Stratasys will continue its advanced in-person training and…
Pressing Refresh: What CEO Brad Kreger and Velo3D Have Learned About Running a 3D Printing Company
To whatever extent a business is successful thanks to specialization, businesses will nonetheless always be holistic entities. A company isn’t a bunch of compartments that all happen to share the…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: February 25, 2024
It’s another busy week of webinars and events in the AM industry, including Silicone Expo Europe in Amsterdam, an open house for Massivit in North America, and the AM for…
3D Printing News Briefs, February 24, 2024: Large-Format Metal AM, Personalized Medicine, & More
In 3D Printing News Briefs today, we’re talking about metal and medical 3D printing. 3D Phoenix is Meltio’s sales partner in Poland, while Farsoon partnered with Deep Blue Aerospace to…
A Great Transformation: Advanced Manufacturing’s Future is in the National Defense Industrial Strategy
One of my favorite books was written against the backdrop of World War 2, centered around an argument aiming to explain the long-term causes for that conflict. Karl Polanyi’s The…
Zeda Officially Opens Advanced Manufacturing Facility in Ohio with Velo3D Happy Hour
A month after PrinterPrezz and subsidiary Vertex Manufacturing rebranded as Zeda last year, I had the opportunity to visit the company’s new advanced manufacturing digital foundry in Ohio. At the…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: January 14, 2024
Things are picking back up in the 3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup this week! MILAM 2024 will take place in Florida, while SprintRay and Stratasys are offering both virtual…
Creating the Department of Defense’s Largest 3D Printing Repository
In a unique initiative that marks a shift in the U.S. defense supply chain, the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) partnered with BMNT, an innovation consultancy, to overcome the limitations of…
The U.S. Navy’s 3D Printing Innovation Is just Getting Warmed up
Back in September, Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc. (BPMI) awarded a contract to ATI Inc. to build a metal additive manufacturing (AM) facility in the Ft. Lauderdale, Florida area, in support…
America Makes and NCDMM Funding Now Tops $729M for American 3D Printing and Beyond
In a significant move to advance the U.S. manufacturing sector, the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) and America Makes have recently announced substantial ceiling increases on their…
US Department of Defense to Spend $1.8B on 3D Printing in 2032, Says First Intelligence Report on Defense from AMR
Additive Manufacturing (AM) Research (formerly SmarTech Analysis) has published its first ever intelligence report on the 3D printing market for defense, “Additive Manufacturing for Military and Defense.” Among other highlights,…
3D Printing News Briefs, October 21, 2023: 3D Printed Molds, Bridges, & More
We’ll kick things off in 3D Printing News Briefs with business, and then move on to critical spare parts for the battleground, an analysis of 3D printed vs. wood molds,…
US Secretary of Navy Attends Groundbreaking for Naval 3D Printing Center Summit
The third annual Accelerated Training in Defense Manufacturing (ATDM) and Navy Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM COE) Summit was held October 10-12 in Danville, VA, at the Institute for…
