defense manufacturing
CEO Yoav Zeif on Why Stratasys’ Markforged Acquisition Is Really a Bet on Industrialization
When Stratasys announced plans to acquire Markforged, the immediate focus was on the deal. Markforged is one of the most recognizable names in additive manufacturing (AM), known for its continuous…
3D Printing & the Autonomous Era: Defense Tech’s Latest Mutation
When we last checked in on the broad defense tech landscape and the role of the additive manufacturing (AM) industry in that environment, it became clear that the connecting thread…
The Stories nScrypt Can’t Tell; and Why That Matters
This article is Part 3 of a three-part series based on 3DPrint.com’s visit to nScrypt’s Orlando headquarters and conversations with Ken Church. There’s an interesting dynamic inside nScrypt’s Orlando headquarters. The…
DoW Accelerates Drone Readiness with AMTrain Phase 2 Launch at Camp Lejeune
Equipping today’s warfighter with the most advanced technology is paramount, driving increased prioritization and investment in drone development and advanced manufacturing training within the Department of War (DoW). In this…
Australia’s AMCRC Lands AU$11M to Support First Five CORE Projects
The Australian government launched the Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (AMCRC) last year with a commitment of nearly AU$60 million (~$40 million) in public funding, with the AMCRC’s partners from…
3D Printing & Drone Dominance: Speed, Performance, and Derisking the Supply Chain
A shift is underway in drone manufacturing. Government programs like the U.S. Department of War’s Drone Dominance, a $1.1 billion effort to deliver low-cost, one-way attack (OWA) sUAS at scale,…
3D Printing Financials: Xometry Surges After Record Quarter and Siemens Deal
Shares of Xometry (Nasdaq: XMTR) surged on Thursday, May 7, after the company reported record first-quarter 2026 results and announced a major partnership with Siemens. The stock climbed as much…
BigRep Launches ONE.5X 3D Printer, Announces New Massive Dimension Partnership at RAPID + TCT 2026
As the whole world is starting to realize, the Hormuz supply chain fallout is only just beginning to filter into the global economy, and the rising cost of plastics should…
HADDY’s Large-Format Robotic 3D Printing to Power Red Cat’s Drone Boat Production
In May 2025, Joris Peels, as is his custom, wrote a prescient article about Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) and Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), i.e., drone boats. Listing a multifaceted range…
When Castings Take 18 Months: How 3D Printing Helped Fix the Soo Locks
This article is Part II of a two-part series on Lincoln Electric’s large-format metal additive manufacturing operations. In Part I, we looked at how Lincoln Electric built one of the…
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….
Shocking! America Makes Wants to Give You Money Again
With two new project calls, America Makes would like to give you $35 million. Powered by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSD ManTech). OSD…
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…
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…
Via EOS Partnership, Texas’s ACMI Is the First Customer for the AMCM M 8K 3D Printer
EOS’s two major announcements in the last few months have been the launch of the EOS M4 ONYX at Formnext 2025 and the news from a couple of weeks ago…
Factories-as-a-Service Startup Hadrian Launches Additive Manufacturing Division
Equity markets are in the midst of a moment that’s being called “the Great Rotation“, which is essentially the normal sector rotation that happens in any bull market, but framed…
Nano Dimension Previews Q4 Revenue Above Guidance as U.S. Redomiciling Advances
After months of relatively limited public information about its long-term direction, Nano Dimension (Nasdaq: NNDM) has surfaced with an update: stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue, progress on a strategic alternatives review, and…
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…
Roboze Opens U.S. Aerospace & Defense Headquarters in El Segundo
The manufacturing sector is made up of clusters: “geographic concentrations of interconnected companies” that both cooperate and compete with each other. Of course, this is true about any sector in…
ASTM International Works with UK MoD on America Makes Project
The UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) will work with ASTM International on a $1.1 million project to let it work in closer concert with the US Department of War (DoW)….
Top 10 Moonshot Ideas for 3D Printing’s Future
As the year comes to a close, it’s clear that additive manufacturing (AM) is entering a new phase. Costs are falling, supply chains are changing, government spending is rising, and…
Titomic Lands First Order for 3D Printed Semiconductor Capital Equipment Components
One of the markets that should be a reliable source of growth well into the future for the additive manufacturing (AM) industry is semiconductor capital equipment (semicap). When Additive Manufacturing…
3D Printing Companies Win Big in LIFT’s Advanced Materials Challenge
Last year, Detroit’s LIFT, the Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII) that specializes in lightweighting, announced the Advanced Materials Challenge (AMC) Program, a project call seeking advanced materials solutions for components relevant…
Export-Import Bank of U.S. Loans $27.4M to 6K Additive to Boost U.S. Metal Powder Output
Critical minerals have overtaken news cycles all year, with U.S. tariffs and Chinese export curbs disrupting supply chains and driving new waves of investment. As recently as last week, at…
