Firehawk Aerospace, a defense technology company specializing in advanced energetics and propulsion, has announced an agreement to acquire a DCMA-rated rocket system integration facility in Crawford, Mississippi. The expansion is aimed at increasing U.S. rocket manufacturing capacity and supporting full-rate production of end-to-end rocket systems. The transaction includes the assumption of the facility structure and […]
Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and The Pennsylvania State University have demonstrated origami-inspired electromagnetic waveguides that can fold, deploy, bend, and twist while maintaining microwave transmission losses comparable to rigid rectangular waveguides. The work, published on Springer Nature, targets limitations related to fixed geometry and stowage volume in conventional waveguides used in spacecraft, […]
Researchers from Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden, a German university of applied sciences with a focus on engineering and materials research, and the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden have demonstrated a method to manufacture monodisperse, count-accurate microplastic reference materials using additive manufacturing. The work, published in Nature, shows that microextrusion via modified, commercially […]
Nikon’s move into additive manufacturing was not a sudden departure from cameras into fashionably futuristic territory, according to Hamid Zarringhalam, chief executive of Nikon Advanced Manufacturing. It reflects the company’s long industrial lineage, stretching from optics and glass through semiconductor lithography to today’s metal 3D printing ambitions. Zarringhalam spent more than three decades in Nikon’s […]
Cobra Golf, the Californian sports equipment brand, has expanded its metal 3D printed iron lineup with the launch of the 3DP MB and 3DP X models, broadening the company’s use of additive manufacturing across a wider range of golfer skill levels. The two new irons join the existing 3DP Tour set, creating a three-model family […]
AtomForm, a MOVA Group consumer and professional 3D printing hardware company, has unveiled the Palette 300, a 12-nozzle desktop 3D printer designed for high-speed, multi-color and multi-material printing. The system was announced on January 6, 2026, at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, where it is being exhibited at the MOVA Group booth in the LVCC […]
The Maxwell Medical Group’s Dental Flight, the dental unit at Maxwell Air Force Base (AFB) in Alabama, is enhancing support for active-duty Airmen by expanding advanced oral surgery services and adopting digital dentistry tools. These upgrades allow the clinic to handle complex procedures in-house, improving efficiency and continuity of care for service members. The core […]
A team of researchers from Duke University and Penn State, led by Julia Oh, PhD, and Ibrahim Ozbolat, PhD, is using a 3D bioprinted lung model to study how influenza and bacteria interact in human lung tissue. Funded by a $3.2 million NIH grant over four years, the project aims to uncover why some co-infections […]
Japanese construction and engineering company Shimizu Corporation has unveiled a new spray-based 3D concrete printing system aimed at constructing large, curved, and reinforced structural components. The system combines a nine-degree-of-freedom gantry robot with a material spray simulator, allowing engineers to verify material behavior before printing. This approach enables precise, automated fabrication of complex structural geometries […]
UK-based research organization Materials Processing Institute (MPI) has introduced a high-temperature X-ray Diffraction (XRD) system that allows researchers and industrial partners to study materials at temperatures up to 1600°C. This system enables real-time observation of phase transformations in ceramics, slags, minerals, and metal alloys under conditions relevant to industrial processes such as casting, kilns, and […]
3D printing software developer AMIS has partnered with a researcher from Turkey-based Ondokuz Mayıs University (OMU) to integrate a variable slice height algorithm into its AMIS Pro build preparation software. This development targets binder jetting processes and introduces adaptive slicing functionality within the software environment. Developed by Dr. Hasan Bas of OMU, the algorithm enables […]
Researchers from the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) have studied consumer reactions to an experimental food made from plant cell cultures and fruit by-products to assess its acceptance. Led by Simona Errico, Valentina Mastrobuono, Paola Sangiorgio, and Silvia Massa, the study centers on small edible spheres described as […]
3dSynth, a new software platform for desktop 3D printing, is aiming to rethink how objects are designed for FDM printers by removing the need for traditional CAD models and slicing workflows. The tool generates printer-ready G-code directly from mathematical parameters, allowing users to design objects through generative effects rather than polygon meshes. Available as both […]
Stratasys has announced a partnership with Novineer to integrate Novineer’s toolpath-aware FDM performance simulation technology into GrabCAD Print Pro. The integration aims to reduce physical testing for safety-critical, load-bearing polymer parts by enabling engineers to predict part performance directly from printer toolpaths. The collaboration brings Novineer’s NoviPath simulation engine into Stratasys’ software ecosystem. The combined […]
Researchers at Woldia University in Ethiopia have published a peer-reviewed analysis in Springer Nature describing how artificial intelligence (AI) can design multifunctional nanomaterials that endure the severe thermal and radiation conditions of space. The study, titled AI-driven design of multifunctional nanomaterials in revolutionizing high-temperature, high-power solutions for space technology, shows how data-driven design can overcome […]
December didn’t behave like a year-end victory lap. It read more like an audit. The month’s clearest signal was not a new machine or a fresh acronym, but the steady arrival of constraints: production volumes that can be checked, standards that can be enforced, failures that trigger scrutiny, and supply chains that are now treated […]
November is when the industry’s centre of gravity becomes difficult to deny. Taken in aggregate, the month is less like a sequence of product announcements and more like a set of institutional decisions about capacity: who gets funded, who gets qualified, which inputs are sovereign, and what “surge” means when supply chains are contested. That […]
October’s most revealing shift did not come from the launch of new machines or a new process. It was the way additive manufacturing started being treated as accountable infrastructure: emissions quantified in annual reports, class-society approval as a gating mechanism, reimbursement rules as demand creation, and software stacks designed to prevent failures rather than explain […]
September’s stories read less like a technology cycle and more like a governance cycle. Additive manufacturing shows up as procurement logic, qualification plumbing, and maintenance economics, while the sector’s weaker narratives (roll-up era assets, undifferentiated “industrial AM” side bets, and casual IP assumptions) meet friction. Defence stops “piloting” and starts wiring itself for throughput The […]
August did not feel like a growth story. It read more like a filter being applied in real time: public markets rewarding business models that can survive regulation and reimbursement; courts and private equity disassembling yesterday’s roll-ups; defense agencies turning “additive” into facilities, supplier pipelines, and field practice; and standards bodies doing the quiet work […]
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