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ICON Secures $56M Amid Construction 3D Printing Sector’s Growing Pains

ICON, probably the most well-known firm in the additive construction (AC) sector, has secured $56 million in Series C funding, with investment led by Norwest Venture Partners and Tiger Global….

US Air Force Awards Stratasys and Novineer SBIR for Non-Planar 3D Printing

As the additive manufacturing (AM) sector heads to Tampa, Florida for the Military AM (MILAM) Summit, companies are unveiling their latest efforts in the defense sector. Among them is industry…

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A Stroll through Neighborhood 91: The First 3D Printing Industrial Campus

Launched by Allegheny County Airport Authority, Neighborhood 91 (N91) is the world’s first dedicated additive manufacturing (AM) industrial campus. As such, it represents a unique step forward for the 3D…

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An Open Letter to the Trump Administration: Secure America’s Leadership in Additive Manufacturing.

Dear President Trump and Members of the Administration, The United States is at a pivotal moment. Additive manufacturing (AM)—a transformative technology redefining the future of global manufacturing and national security—is…

Department of Defense Awards PROTECT3D $1.3M for Custom 3D Printed Braces

Custom prosthetics company PROTECT3D has secured a $1.3M Department of Defense (DoD) Small Business Innovation Research contract to develop a platform for creating custom braces for soldiers. The PROTECT3D Platform…

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The Stakeholders’ Conference: Additive Manufacturing Strategies

The additive manufacturing (AM) industry has always been one that’s prone to sudden, drastic changes, and clearly, this is as true now as ever. With that in mind, one of…

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Raytheon Taps Ursa Major for 3D Printed Solid Rocket Motors

Ursa Major, a Colorado-based company specializing in leveraging additive manufacturing (AM) for rocket propulsion, announced a successful missile flight test conducted with Raytheon, an RTX company, as part of a…

Department of Defense Spent Almost $1B Directly on 3D Printing in 2024, AMR Reports

Additive Manufacturing Research (AM Research) has released its latest market study, “Additive Manufacturing in Military and Defense 2024“, revealing substantial growth in the sector’s adoption of 3D printing technologies. This…

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US Army Sends Digital Spares to Soldiers in Combat, Sets Sights on Expanding Tactical Edge 3D Printing Capabilities

In the U.S. military’s now decade-plus buildup of additive manufacturing (AM) capabilities, the Department of Defense (DoD) has gradually increased its attention on enabling its personnel to print parts at…

DoD Awards $4.5M to Penn State for Ceramics 3D Printing R&D

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded a $4.5 million Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) grant to Penn State University (PSU) for R&D into additive manufacturing (AM) with high-performance…

Small Arms Silencer Market Represents a Significant 3D Printing Opportunity

Additive Manufacturing Research (AM Research) has released a comprehensive market study titled “Additive Manufacturing of Small Arms Silencers: An AM Market Opportunity.” The report provides a detailed analysis of how…

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Emerging AM Technologies Analysis: Where Are They Now, Part 2

In March 2023, AM Research published the “Emerging AM Technologies Analysis: 10 Companies to Watch” report highlighting 3D printing companies with the potential to disrupt the additive manufacturing (AM) industry….

Department of Defense Sees Deployable System 3D Print 11 Metal Parts at RIMPAC War Games

SPEE3D, the Australian original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of cold spray additive manufacturing (CSAM) systems, has participated in its latest war games event, the Department of Defense (DoD)’s Rim of the…

US Air Force Awards Wright Electric to Develop 3D Printed Batteries for Drones

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Wright Electric a Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to develop high-power output rechargeable batteries made with additive manufacturing (AM). Announced on…

Governor of Michigan & Secretary of the Navy Announce Michigan Maritime Manufacturing Initiative

The US Navy is once again demonstrating that it’s at the forefront of the domestic advanced manufacturing landscape, with Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro on July 22 announcing…

DARPA Awards $1.8M to Intact Solutions for AI-Driven, Pre-Qualified 3D Printed Components

In its latest show of support for the additive manufacturing (AM) industry, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded $1.8 million to Wisconsin software provider Intact Solutions to develop…

Cold Spray 3D Printing OEM SPEE3D Opens First US-Based Facility in New Hampshire

Cold spray additive manufacturing (CSAM) original equipment manufacturer (OEM) SPEE3D, based in Melbourne, Australia, has opened its first facility in the US, at the University of New Hampshire’s (UNH’s) John…

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…

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US Army Corps of Engineers’ Megan Kreiger on the State of Construction 3D Printing

Despite last year’s gloomy reports about the financial state of the additive manufacturing (AM) industry, there’s no doubt that we’re actually witnessing the birth of a sector rather than its…

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Profiling a Construction 3D Printing Pioneer: US Army Corps of Engineers’ Megan Kreiger

The world of construction 3D printing is still so new that the true experts can probably be counted on two hands. Among them is Megan Kreiger, Portfolio Manager of Additive…

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What the Pentagon’s Interest in Ursa Major Says about 3D Printing as an Industry

In the last couple of weeks, mainstream media attention has put a spotlight on Ursa Major Technologies, a Denver-based company dedicated exclusively to developing and producing rocket motors built with…

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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…

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How to Remake an Industrial Base: BMNT’s CEO Discusses the DoD’s Largest 3D Part Repository & the US Manufacturing Landscape

Overall, the US manufacturing sector hasn’t changed much in the last couple of years, but it has certainly started to move in the direction of change. Moreover, these early signs…

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…