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Formnext 2025: New Metal PBF 3D Printer, Serial Production Applications, & More
It’s Day 2 of Formnext 2025, where over 800 exhibitors from around the world have converged in Frankfurt for Europe’s premier additive manufacturing (AM) trade show. From exciting new printers…
A Circular Way to Print: Turning Tornado Fighter Jets Into 3D Printing Powder
In a lab in Lancashire, engineers are doing something that sounds almost poetic: turning pieces of retired fighter jets into raw material for the next generation of aircraft. British company…
RAF Fits First 3D Printed Component to Operational Typhoon Fighter
The Royal Air Force (RAF) has successfully fitted its first in-house 3D printed component to an operational Typhoon fighter jet. The move is a major step toward faster military aircraft…
Tornado 2 Tempest: Recycling via 3D Printing Is a Key Strategy for UK Military and Beyond
As resource scarcity and global conflict drive sustainable practices to the forefront of manufacturing, progress is being made in the development of circular supply chains. The latest comes from the…
UK’s Royal Air Force Assesses Potential of 3D Printed Metal Parts for Aerospace
The UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) is currently in the process of assessing the quality of metal aerospace components produced with additive manufacturing (AM), as part of a UK Ministry…
U.K.’s Royal Air Force Buys Wayland Electron Beam Metal 3D Printer
Now that the U.K. has gotten its own electron beam powder bed fusion (E-PBF) system manufacturer, it was time that the Royal Air Force (RAF) get its hands on it….
