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3D Printing News Briefs, June 27, 2026: Nanoscale 3D Printing, Defense Readiness, & More

We’re starting with a story about a grant for advanced nanoscale 3D printing in this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, and then on to metal additive manufacturing (AM) for defense…

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HII’s NXG 600E Order Shows Why Nikon Dominates Large Defense AM Systems

Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) unit has ordered a Nikon SLM Solutions NXG 600E. HII is a $11 billion revenue shipbuilder that builds the Gerald R. Ford-class…