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Reborn to Reshore: Why the Velo3D Story May Just Be Getting Started
As someone who was born in 1988, I’ve lived through some pretty wacky economic disruptions. But I think that the mood now prevailing in the global business environment may make…
U.S. Navy Signals Further Metal AM Buildup, Taps AML3D in New LOI
In the government contracting process, public sector agencies often issue a letter of intent (LOI) in the lead-up to forging formal deals with specific companies for future delivery of goods…
Reinventing Reindustrialization: Why NAVWAR Project Manager Spencer Koroly Invented a Made-in-America 3D Printer
It has become virtually impossible to regularly follow additive manufacturing (AM) industry news and not stumble across the term “defense industrial base” (DIB), a concept encompassing all the many diverse…
Velo3D and US Navy Sign R&D Agreement to Characterize 3D Printing Materials for Aerospace
After going through major changes last year, including being delisted from the NYSE and being acquired by Arrayed Additive, Silicon Valley-based metal 3D printer OEM Velo3D has been picking up…
Largest American Shipbuilder Installs 3D Printed Assembly on Aircraft Carrier
Shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has announced that Newport News Shipbuilding has installed a 3D-printed valve manifold assembly on an aircraft carrier. The company stated, “The use of certified 3D-printed…
Additive Manufacturing Strategies 2025: Consensus on the Road Ahead for 3D Printing
The 2025 edition of Additive Manufacturing Strategies was a more serious, down-to-earth event, with decisions and pronouncements rooted in data rather than conjecture. Stratasys CEO Yoav Zeif kicked it off…
AML3D is Fast-Tracking 3D Printed Parts for U.S. Navy Submarines
AML3D‘s (ASX: AL3) advanced 3D printing technology is now a critical link in building U.S. Navy submarines, marking Australia’s growing role in the AUKUS defense pact. This trilateral security pact…
ASTRO America Moves Ahead with Guam Additive Materials & Manufacturing Accelerator
The Applied Science & Technology Research Organization of (ASTRO) America conducts workshops on advanced manufacturing, helps Boeing print rotor systems, lobbies for additive manufacturing (AM), and collaborates with companies like…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: December 10, 2023
This week, we’ve got events in Berlin, Nashville, Texas, and more, and webinars on topics including the business of dental 3D printing, Nexa 3D’s XiP, and more. Read on for…
America Makes Announces the Winners for its 2022 Project Calls
America Makes, a U.S. National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, recently announced the winners of the 2022 Rapid Innovation Call (RIC) and the Steel (HY-80) Wire-Arc Additive Heat Treatment (SWAAHT) project…
Parts 3D Printed on US Naval Ship Signals Sea Change in Military Supply Chain
Correction 9/9/22: This article previously stated that SPEE3D was the first to 3D print parts aboard a naval vessel. We have recently learned that Xerox successfully 3D printed metal parts…
USS Essex First U.S. Navy Ship to Test 3D Printing at Sea
Although the U.S. Navy has adopted additive manufacturing (AM) a bit more slowly than the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force, that has steadily begun to shift over the…
3D Printing Drone Swarms, Part 15: the Always On Navy
As we discuss in our ongoing 3D Printing Drone Swarms series, additive manufacturing (AM) will play an increasing role in the production of all manner of semi-sentient robots. This has been…
US Air Force, Navy Fund Senvol Machine Learning Tool for 3D Printing
3D printing data company Senvol has announced that it is receiving funding from the U.S. Navy and Air Force to further their machine learning software. Senvol ML analyses the relationship…
US Navy Seahawk Helicopters to 3D Print Parts for New Comms Gear
As part of a communications upgrade package that will be installed on more than 200 Navy aircraft, a team of structural and avionics engineers has turned to 3D printing technology…
U.S. Navy Air Warfare Center Seeking 3D Metal Printer
Approximately two months ago the United States Navy installed the very first 3D printer on board the USS Essex, Wasp class amphibious assault ship. The printer was able to print in…
