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Lockheed Martin Adds 16,000 Square Feet of 3D Printing to Texas Facility
Defense giant Lockheed Martin has unveiled a substantial increase in its additive manufacturing (AM) capabilities with an expansion of its facility in Grand Prairie, Texas. The addition includes some16,000 square…
3D Printing News Briefs, August 30, 2024: Hypersonics, Gas Turbines, Pickleball, & More
We’re starting with software and business news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as 3DPrinterOS has announced its integration of Prusa Slicer, and Continuum Powders continues to grow its executive…
US Air Force Awards Concurrent Technologies $4.4M to Complete Work on Large Format 3D Printer
Concurrent Technologies (CTC), a Pennsylvania-based applied research nonprofit specializing in developing advanced manufacturing solutions, has been awarded $4.4 million from the US Air Force to complete its work on development…
The US Air Force: Kings of 3D Printing
The US Air Force is currently one of the largest funding bodies in 3D printing. The amount of work that the Air Force is doing in 3D printing is simply…
Nikon SLM Solutions to Manufacture NXG XII 600 Metal 3D Printer in the US
Nikon SLM Solutions is going to produce the NXG XII 600 in the United States. This “Made in the USA” printer is sure to appeal to the US Air Force…
Department of Defense Awards Sintavia Contract to 3D Print Hypersonics Components
Sintavia has received a United States Department of Defense (DoD) contract to make 3D printed propulsion components for hypersonic craft. Hypersonics is a rapidly evolving and demanding aerospace field where…
3D Printing News Unpeeled: Hypersonics, Tidal Power, Indian Rocket Engine
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has looked at using stainless steel DED to make spars for tidal turbine blades. They hope to make better blades with more iterations, and got…
3D Printing News Briefs, April 13, 2024: Robotics, Orthotics, & Hypersonics
In 3D Printing News Briefs today, we’re focusing first on robotics, as Carnegie Mellon University’s new Robotics Innovation Center will house several community outreach programs, and Ugogo3D is now working…
3D Printing & the Military: Squandered Opportunities
Previous articles in this series have explored the potential for the U.S. to leverage additive manufacturing to its advantage. However, this potential may be undermined by a propensity for creating…
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…
3D Printing & the Military: Stingers & Tigers
As stated in the first part of this series, the U.S. military appears committed to extensively employing 3D printing in the enhancement, maintenance, extension, and improvement of its arsenal and…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: October 1, 2023
Things are slowing down a little this week, but there are still plenty of events and webinars to attend in the additive manufacturing industry! Stratasys, and 3D Systems continue their…
3D Printed Ramjet Created by Lockheed Martin and Velo3D
To bring hypersonics to reality, we require either materials that surpass the performance of those NASA and other organizations developed in the 1970s, or innovative ways to utilize these existing…
Rocket Lab & Hypersonix Team Up to Launch 3D Printed Hypersonic Test Vehicle
Next year, the first 3D printed hypersonic test vehicle will be launched aboard Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB)’s recently revealed hypersonic rocket. Developed by Australian startup Hypersonix Launch Systems, the three-meter-long,…
University of Arizona Gets $1.2M for Hypersonics 3D Printing
Hypersonic glide vehicles will need to resist incredible heat and pressure from flying at Mach Five and above. For that reason, the materials used to make them will likely be…
3D Printing News Unpeeled: Creality 3D Scanner, University of Arizona Hypersonics
Creality is bringing a $349 3D scanner on the market. The scanner is portable, has an ASIC for better image processing, has on board visual tracking, captures color as well…
3D Printing News Briefs, March 2, 2023: Micro 3D Printer & In-Situ Inspection & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, B9Creations has a new micro 3D printer, Castheon is expanding its hypersonic production and research capabilities to a new facility, and Arburg is opening…
Northrop Grumman Brings Carbon Fiber 3D Printing to the Hypersonics Arms Race
The U.S. is in the midst of a hypersonics arms race. Craft traveling five times or more the speed of sound in a guided way could change warfare. In a…
3DPrint.com’s Top 10 Stories of 2022
Surely like nearly every website, 3DPrint.com performs regular reports on traffic behavior and the like. And, like the rest of the internet, our most popular stories are generally the ones…
The Pentagon Wants to Use 3D Printing for Hypersonic Weapon Parts
A new project of the office of the secretary of defense (OSD) is looking to support the additive manufacturing required to build the Pentagon’s hypersonic capabilities. To that end, the…
3D Printing News Unpeeled: Polymers with programable degradation, four story buildings and Hypersonics
The Growing Additive Manufacturing Maturity for Airbreathing Hypersonics, or GAMMA-H project shows that the US government is serious about hypersonics. Meanwhile CyBe wants to 3D print a four story building…
Hypersonics Startup Hermeus Acquires Two Metal 3D Printers from Velo3D
Velo3D, the Silicon Valley-based maker of metal additive manufacturing (AM) platforms, announced that the company has sold both a Sapphire and a Sapphire XC to Hermeus, a hypersonic aircraft startup…
US Air Force Explores Hypersonics 3D Printing at Arnolds Base
Hypersonics are a growing sector that hopes to launch missiles at speeds not just faster than sound, but even faster than that. To reach speeds beyond Mach 5, oxygen dispersion…
DED Metal 3D Printing Study Reduces Errors in Functionally Graded Materials
In a new paper ¨Defect of functionally graded material of inconel 718 and STS 316L fabricated by directed energy deposition and its effect on mechanical properties,” researchers from the Korea…
