US defense industrial base
Talking About the Need for Speed at MMX 2026
On the first day of the recent MMX 2026, the annual Members Meeting and Exchange held by America Makes in Youngstown, Ohio, someone asked me if I had any early…
3D Printing News Briefs, August 1st, 2026: Project Calls, Contact Lenses, Chairs, & More
We’re starting with the winners of two America Makes project calls in this first 3D Printing News Briefs of August! Then we’ll move on to AM quality control for aerospace,…
MMX 2025: America Makes Leadership Team Shares Institute Updates
Featured image: chairs, podium, and letters 3D printed by JuggerBot 3D. America Makes is a public-private partnership for additive manufacturing (AM), driven by the non-profit National Center for Defense Manufacturing…
3D Printed Rocket Motor Specialist Ursa Major Lands $15M Satellite Propulsion Contract
Ursa Major, the Colorado-based leader in deploying additive manufacturing (AM) for propulsion solutions, has received a contract from an unnamed customer for geostationary earth orbit (GEO) propulsion systems. The multi-year…
