US Department of Defense
AML3D and Blue Forge Alliance Enter Manufacturing License Agreement for 3D Printed US Navy Parts
AML3D, the Australian original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the ARCEMY wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) system, has announced a Manufacturing License Agreement (MLA) with Blue Forge Alliance (BFA), a neutral…
Ursa Major & US Navy Make $25M Joint Investment in New 3D Printed Rocket Motor Prototype
Ursa Major, the Colorado-based company dedicated to building a North American rocket propulsion supply chain with advanced manufacturing, has become one of the first recipients of funding from the DoD’s…
Oil & Gas 3D Printing Firm RusselSmith Brings SPEE3D to West Africa
SPEE3D, the Australian cold spray firm dubbed by Matt Kremenetsky as the “most American 3D printing company,” has announced a strategic partnership with Nigerian energy solutions firm, RusselSmith. The driving…
Four Reasons Why the Department of Defense is Outsourcing to Contract Additive Manufacturers
Equipment downtime is unacceptable. In the commercial environment, this results in loss of dollars and opportunities. On the battlefield, equipment downtime can be catastrophic and jeopardize the lives of servicemen…
DoD Awards 6K Additive $23.4 Million to Upcycle Scrap into High-Grade 3D Printing Powders
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded 6K Additive, the Pennsylvania-based manufacturer of metal powders for additive manufacturing (AM), $23.4 million to expand its capacity for upcycling metal scrap…
Department of Defense Buys Large Format Metal 3D Printer from AML3D
AML3D, an Australian original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of metal additive manufacturing (AM) hardware, announced that it has received an order for one of the company’s ARCEMY X-Edition 6700 platforms from…
US Army to 3D Print New Barracks in Texas with ICON
Last year, 3D printing construction company ICON partnered with the Texas Military Department to design and print a 3,800 square feet training barracks at the Camp Swift Training Center in…
Ultrafast 3D Printing to Enable Military and Defense Applications via Nexa3D Partnership
Obsidian Solutions Group, LLC (OSG) is a certified 8(a), Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Business, which offers software development, data management and analytics, IT transformation and modernization, and other solutions to the Department…
3D Printing Keynotes, Thought Leadership Panels, 250+ Exhibitors, & More at RAPID + TCT 2021
Everybody who’s anybody in the additive manufacturing industry is getting ready for RAPID + TCT 2021, being held at McCormick Place in Chicago from September 13-15. This is the 30th…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: August 22, 2021
From food 3D printing and GE Additive’s Arcam EBM Spectra L 3D printer to 3D printing and CAD in a post-pandemic world and topology optimization, we’ve got a busy week…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: July 10th, 2021
We’ve got another busy week of industry webinars and events, both virtual and in-person, to tell you about! Topics range from automotive 3D printing and 3D printing steel to point-of-care…
First Critical Jet Engine Part Made with Metal 3D Printing Receives Air Force Approval
GE Aviation has announced that its 3D printed sump cover has received Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) approval from the US Air Force (USAF), making it the first jet engine part…
Desktop Metal Receives $2.4M to Develop New 3D Printing Process for US Army
Desktop Metal will be developing a sophisticated additive manufacturing (AM) process capable of mass-producing Cobalt(Co)-free hard metal parts for the U.S. Army. The Boston-based company received a multimillion-dollar grant from…
America Makes Announces Challenge for Open-Source Scanning Strategies for Metal 3D Printing
America Makes has launched a new competition to advance scanning path development in laser-based powder based additive manufacturing (AM), in partnership with GE Research and the Air Force Research Laboratory….
Segway Inventor Hopes to Mass Produce Human Tissues and Organs
With more than 440 patents under his belt, American engineer and inventor Dean Kamen has been searching for technological solutions to medical and social welfare dilemmas since he was a…
3D Printed Microneedle Array Technology May Offer New Eye Disease Treatment
According to a report commissioned by the Prevent Blindness America organization, eye disorders and treatment for people with vision loss cost close to $139 billion annually. 3D printing has been called…
3D Printing News Briefs: June 12, 2018
Get ready, we have a lot of news to share with you in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, running the gamut from metal powder 3D printing and new software to…
$3 Million Awarded to Collaborative Metal 3D Printing Research Team
A lot of effort has been going into determining the cause of flaws and defects in metal 3D printing, which can lead to weaknesses like spattering and micro cracking in…
Purdue Researchers Create Mini Shockwave with Custom Inkjet 3D Printer and Energetic Materials
If you’ve ever thought about the science behind how your car’s airbag deploys, you have energetic materials to thank for it. The materials in this class contain a high amount…
US Marines Successfully Test 3D Printed Containers Packed with Explosive Charges
3D printing technology can undoubtedly be used for good in the military, from surveillance and training to helping in the development of field trauma simulators, from maintaining aging aircraft parts to making 3D…
The Refabricator Will Be Recycling Plastic and 3D Printing Onboard the ISS Next Year
In 2015, NASA awarded Washington-based technology firm Tethers Unlimited, Inc. (TUI) a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to continue developing its Positrusion Recycler, which recycles plastic waste into 3D…
The Department of Defense & Youngstown Business Incubator Weigh In on 3D Printing in the US
As additive manufacturing continues to see increased use around the globe, national strategies for adoption of the technology are becoming a bigger focus for governments seeking to ensure that they…
UC Santa Barbara Scientist Receives Prestigious $3M DoD Fellowship to Fund Research in Developing 3D Printing Platform for Extreme-Use Materials
Scientist Tresa Pollock, the chair of the Materials Department at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), doesn’t work in the extreme conditions of outer space herself, but rather works…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Completes Critical Design Review for AR1 Engine with 3D Printed Rocket Engine Injectors
In early 2016, rocket and missile propulsion manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne was the recipient of a $6 million contract from the US Air Force to define 3D printed rocket engine component…
