defense procurement

AMCOM Wants More Expeditionary 3D Printers for US Army Aviation Systems

Disrupt yourself or someone else will do it for you: this is the lesson that the US military has been conveying to its suppliers all year. The advanced manufacturing demonstrations…

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Project Peculiar Document & Other AM-Relevant Signs of a New War Economy

According to the Pentagon, “We will not defeat our adversaries with compliance checklists; we will defeat them by rapidly fielding superior capabilities produced by an expanded, resilient American industrial base.”…

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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…

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Who Buys AM in Government: How Stanford’s Steve Blank & BMNT’s Pete Newell Are Helping Startups Serve USG Customers

What’s the most difficult part about selling to the government market? For a company that has never done it before, the answer quite likely is: knowing how to get started,…

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AM Coalition’s 2025 DC Legislative Fly-In: The Time Is Now for U.S. 3D Printing Policy

The Additive Manufacturing (AM) Coalition is set to host its third annual DC Legislative Fly-In from May 6 to 8, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The event, which aims to strengthen…