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Supernova’s Viscous 3D Printing Tech Gets $2M to Support DoD’s Energetic Materials Needs

Supernova Industries Corp., an Austin-based additive manufacturing (AM) company specializing in products and processes for energetic materials supply chains, has been subcontracted by the American Center for Manufacturing & Innovation…

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How One Month Will Reshape the 3D Printing Industry

As 3DPrint.com readers retreated to their homes to kick off the holiday season, numerous developments occurred within the additive manufacturing (AM) sector that will surely change the overall shape of…

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…

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US Defense Logistics Agency Awards First Competitive Contract for 3D Printed Parts

The US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), the lead logistics support agency for the Department of Defense (DoD), has awarded its first competitive contract for a component made with additive manufacturing…

Florida State University Selects ASTRO America to Establish 3D Printing Center

The Applied Science & Technology Research Organization (ASTRO) America, a nonprofit advanced manufacturing consultancy and think tank based in Washington, DC and Florida, has been selected by Florida State University…

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Nikon Advanced Manufacturing Has a Plan: CEO Hamid Zarringhalam on the Company’s Outlook for Metal 3D Printing in The US

As 2024 nears its end and we barrel right into the middle of the decade, the additive manufacturing (AM) industry still finds itself lacking direction. If there’s one thing the…

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Ursa Major & US Navy Make $25M Joint Investment in New 3D Printed Rocket Motor Prototype

Ursa Major, the Colorado-based company dedicated to building a North American rocket propulsion supply chain with advanced manufacturing, has become one of the first recipients of funding from the DoD’s…

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Accelerating the Domestic Industrial Base: ATDM Director Holley on Workforce Development for Advanced Manufacturing

At this point, it’s a familiar story: the US faces a critical lack of manufacturing workers in the next decade. Estimates are that, by 2032, the nation’s manufacturing labor pool…

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Four Reasons Why the Department of Defense is Outsourcing to Contract Additive Manufacturers

Equipment downtime is unacceptable. In the commercial environment, this results in loss of dollars and opportunities. On the battlefield, equipment downtime can be catastrophic and jeopardize the lives of servicemen…

Senators King and Collins Advocate 3D Printing Adoption for Department of Defense

At a Strategic Forces Senate hearing, Independent Maine Senator Angus King (I-ME) urged the Department of Defense (DoD) to embrace 3D printing technology for faster, more cost-effective maintenance of military…

3D Printing & the Military: It Takes a Village to Make a Nuclear Bomb

In previous installments in this series, we explored how the U.S. military is preparing to utilize additive manufacturing (AM) technologies. Then, in another article, we discussed the idea that possessing…

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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,…