Department of Defense
3D Printing: The Stories We Missed This Week — January 14, 2017
On this week’s edition of “The Stories We Missed This Week,” we’ve got a wide range of news spanning from drone swarms to 3D printing WordPress plugins. First off, Italian…
Advanced Tissue Biofabrication (ATB) Manufacturing USA Institute Will Focus on 3D Bioprinting Among Other Biofabrication Technologies
There’s really no sector in the United States (or much of the world) that has been untouched by the development of advanced manufacturing technologies – and no one seems to…
DARPA Awards Sigma Labs Phase III Contract With Honeywell Aerospace
Quality assurance is obviously a vitally important component of any industry, but it’s especially critical for the defense sector – along with timely production. Materials and manufacturing processes need to…
New Jersey High School Installs MakerBot Innovation Center
I was required to take shop class in 8th grade, where you learned how to use tools, like a miter saw, to make a lamp out of a plastic bottle. I…
3D Printing the House That Fixes Itself: DARPA’s Exploration of “Living Materials” for Construction Offers Incredible Potential
Nature has long provided a set of constraints upon construction. Along with those restrictions, however, also comes a rich source of inspiration that humans continually re-discover we are better off not…
US Army Scientists Showcase Multi-Material 3D Printing and Other Technological Advancements
When it comes to advancing the state of our 3D printing technology, one of the primary sectors that prompt this innovation is the military sector, particularly that of the United…
America Makes Announces $10 Million Research Project for Refining the Efficiency of Air Force Aircraft Part Replacement
From a press conference held at Youngstown State University (YSU), America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, announced a new Directed Project Opportunity to improve US Air Force sustainment…
3D Printing Technology Plays Major Role in White House’s Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute Competition
This week, emerging technologies and breakthrough manufacturing techniques, such as 3D printing, are being thrust forth into the spotlight in Washington, D.C., as the Obama Administration is dedicating an entire…
The Surprising Ways That 3D Printing May Completely Transform the US Military
The various branches of the United States military have never been especially shy about their interest in 3D printing technology. Considering how versatile and useful 3D printing has proven to…
UK Government Report Says 3D Printing is a Threat to National Security, and That Should Scare You
The Ministry of Defence is a government department within the UK that takes responsibility for managing the nation’s official defense policy and their various armed forces. However it also has…
Dr. Bradley Ringeisen Named Department of Defense Scientist of the Quarter for His Work with a Novel Form of 3D Bioprinting
New developments in the 3D printing of human tissue have been cropping up in the headlines with increasing frequency lately; in my opinion, bioprinting is one of the most exciting…
Apple & U.S. Dep. of Defense Partner to Develop Flexible 3D Printed Wearables for Military & Beyond
The 3D printing industry is exploding, ripe with opportunity, a garden just waiting to be sown with innovation. Nearly all of the big guns are getting in on it from…
4D Printing on The Nanoscale — Northwestern’s IIN Receives $8.5 Million Grant
As 3D printing has barely slid into the category of being considered a new normal, some scientists and researchers are already living in the world of 4D. You may have…
Defense, War & Terrorism: How Will the 3D Printing Revolution Change Everything?
None of us want to have to report on the dark side of something like 3D printing, a technology bursting with innovation and offering resources for doing so much good…
US Military Might: Will 3D Printing Provide the Technological Leg Up?
The military and technology go hand in hand. We’ve all seen the sci-fi movies where the evil opposition developed or obtained a form of super technology that we had to…
Sigma Labs Awarded Phase II DARPA Contract with Honeywell Aerospace for Metal 3D Printing Technologies
DARPA (that is, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) was founded in 1958 and maintains a mission to ‘prevent strategic surprise’ from interfering with the security of the US, as…
