Automated manufacturer Hadrian has raised $1.37 billion in Series D equity financing at a $7.87 billion valuation, roughly five times where the company stood a year ago. The round is aimed at expanding Hadrian’s factory network and pushing the company beyond precision parts toward delivering complete mission-critical systems for munitions, shipbuilding, and autonomous systems programs.…
South Korean additive manufacturing company LincSolution has launched a three-year international research project to develop mass-production technology for 3D printed heat pump components, targeting entry into the AI data center cooling and electric vehicle thermal management markets. The project, called “Development of Next-Generation Heat Pump Miniaturization Technology,” runs from July 2026 through June 2029 and…
Digital manufacturing service provider Protolabs has awarded a grant to support research fellows at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Industrial Performance Center (IPC) as they study how leading US manufacturers scale advanced technologies into domestic production. The research will examine why breakthrough technologies developed in the US do not always end up manufactured domestically,…
Rocket Lab has formally established Rocket Lab Germany GmbH, creating the legal vehicle for satellite, payload and component production in Germany and for offering Electron and Neutron launch services to European customers. The entity is headquartered in Munich, where the company already operates following its acquisition of laser communications specialist Mynaric AG. The announcement is…
Researchers at the National Institute of Technology Rourkela have been granted a patent, application number 202431068691, for a portable extrusion system that converts recycled plastic waste into composite filament for FDM 3D printing, built at an estimated cost of roughly 45,000 rupees (about $470). The five-member team, drawn from the institute’s mechanical and chemical engineering…
Continuous Fiber 3D Printing (CF3D) technology developer Continuous Composites, Inc. (CCI) has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against three entities associated with the FibreSeek and Anisoprint brands. Filed on August 7, 2026 in the US District Court for the District of Delaware, the complaint alleges infringement of ten US patents covering continuous fiber additive manufacturing.…
America Makes, has announced the newly elected members of its Executive Committee for the 2026-28 term. The Executive Committee sets strategy, policy, and advocacy priorities for the organization, whose mission is to accelerate adoption of additive manufacturing (AM) and strengthen the country’s global manufacturing competitiveness. Members advise on data management and IP policy, technical scope,…
Rowan University has secured a two-year, $155,000 grant from the National Cancer Institute to 3D print living models of chondrosarcoma, a bone cancer that resists both chemotherapy and radiation. Issued under award number R03CA301103, the project will use a bioprinter to deposit tumour cells and mesenchymal stem cells at measured distances inside centimetre-scale hydrogel blocks,…
An installation built from shredded PLA scrap collected from fabrication laboratories is on view at the Reeves House Visual Arts Center in Woodstock, Georgia until September 24. Ninefold: A Distributed Resonant Field comprises nine large-scale printed artifacts, each tuned as a resonant body to a specific frequency within a harmonic spectrum, producing sound from nine…
Soldiers from across Fort Bliss have completed the Advanced Manufacturing for Defense Readiness (AMDR) Certificate Program, a six-week additive manufacturing course taught by the University of Texas at El Paso that trains enlisted maintainers to design, verify and print parts for Army equipment. The certificate feeds directly into Iron Foundry, the 1st Armored Division’s advanced…
Onkos Surgical has completed the 1,000th case using its personalized, 510(k) cleared My3D patient-specific pelvic implant platform. The count covers pelvic reconstructions in which a 3D printed implant was designed specifically for the individual patient rather than selected from a catalogue of sizes. The company presents the figure as evidence of adoption rather than a…
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have announced the winners of the 2026 Department of War (DoW) Organic Industrial Base (OIB) Modernization Challenge. The challenge, funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSW ManTech), will distribute up to $15M in awards across six…
Digital manufacturing company Haddy has produced an uncrewed vessel designated the TF-179 Drone Boat using large-format robotic additive manufacturing. The company did not name the customer, disclose the mission profile, or publish length, displacement, propulsion or material data for the boat. That omission leaves the TF-179 itself difficult to assess on its own terms. What…
A camper van interior built almost entirely by large-format 3D printing has come in roughly 1,500 pounds (680 kg) lighter than the plywood-and-aluminum fit-out it replaces. Buckley Conversions built the prototype on a 144-inch-wheelbase Mercedes-Benz eSprinter, with founder Brandon Buckley calling it “the world’s first ever 3D printed luxury van.” The saving comes from moving…
The Guam Additive Materials and Manufacturing Accelerator (GAMMA) applications center will reach full operating capacity by February 2027, according to Neal Orringer, co-founder, president and board chairperson of the Applied Science and Technology Research Organization of America (ASTRO America), the non-profit managing the initiative. The date lands roughly 15 months after the facility’s ceremony at…
Seven homes are complete and several sold at Cleora, a 55-acre development in Salida, Colorado that its backers expect to become one of the world’s largest planned 3D printed residential communities. Site infrastructure is finished, more houses are under construction, and two autonomous printing systems from RIC Robotics are running on site. The plan calls…
3D Systems has been awarded an additional $9 million under the U.S. Air Force-funded Large-Format Metal 3D Printer Advanced Technology Demonstrator program, GEN-II DMP-1000. The extension runs two more years and, in the company’s framing, covers the phase that completes the technology demonstration outright. Total project funding now stands at $27.4 million. Work continues at…
Firestorm Labs printed more than 1,000 parts and built 12 flight-ready Squall FPV quadcopters inside a containerized factory aboard the USS Essex during a two-week transit to RIMPAC 2026. It is the first maritime run of its xCell expeditionary manufacturing platform, and the drones were subsequently flown in Hawaii by Marines from the 3rd Light…
A recent market report from Additive Manufacturing Research estimates the current market for 3D printed drone components at $140 million in 2025, with projections reaching $900 million by 2034. Titled “Additive Manufacturing Opportunities in Unmanned Aerial Systems 2026: Drones Market Analysis and Forecast,” the report breaks down the market by material, segment, application, geography, and…
Meshy has released Meshy 7, the latest version of its image-to-3D foundation model, alongside a new benchmark method for scoring how closely a generated 3D asset matches the image it was built from. The company calls this measurement alignment, and argues it is now the main factor separating leading image-to-3D systems, now that outright generation…
