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To address manufacturing bottlenecks that have limited production throughput for a key U.S. defense weapon system, Velo3D has entered into an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) with the U.S. Department of War’s (DoW) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). The $32.6 million contract supports a program of record under DIU’s Foundry for Operational Readiness and Global Effects initiative, […]

Virginia Tech researchers have created a method to produce bulk, defect-free ceramics embedded in metal, combining the strength of metal with the stress-responsive properties of shape-memory ceramics. Led by associate professor Hang Yu, along with Ph.D. student Donnie Erb ’15, M.S. ’18, and postdoctoral researcher Nikhil Gotawala, the approach could enable applications in aerospace, defense, […]

U.S.-based 3D printer manufacturer 3D Systems has reported notable developments in its Aerospace & Defense (A&D) segment, driven by revenue growth projections, a major U.S. facility expansion, and technological advancements. These initiatives aim to meet rising demand for secure domestic manufacturing in national security and space programs, a trend supported by the Fiscal Year 2026 […]

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune have begun developing 3D printed Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) to increase the number of weather observation points across the country. Backed by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), the work is being carried out under Mission Mausam (Season), a ₹2,000 crore (approx. $222.3 million) government […]

Researchers at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) have revealed a new wound dressing that can both monitor a wound and deliver medicine automatically when the tissue shows signs of trouble. Having seen contributions from West China Hospital of Sichuan University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, the research describes […]

Accurately resolving temperature evolution in laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) remains computationally demanding due to the steep and rapidly moving thermal gradients generated by the scanning laser. In a recent study published on arXiv, researchers from Delft University of Technology present a semi-analytical thermal simulation framework that combines analytical point-source solutions with isogeometric analysis (IGA), […]

Black Buffalo 3D Corporation has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The U.S. company, known for manufacturing large-scale 3D construction printers and proprietary building materials, has not yet issued a...

2025 is the year that the AM ramp-up by the U.S. Maritime Industrial Base Program (MIB) became common knowledge throughout the industry. But everyone who attended AMS 2024 was already...

The material extrusion market has seen titanic shifts over the past few years. A new bevvy of low-cost 3D printers have turned to software and sensors to make reliable high-speed...

Raise3D is expanding its dependable FDM portfolio to include SLS 3D printing as a manufacturer with industrial ambitions. Under Chief Operations Officer Fernando Hernandez, the company has channelled a large share of its workforce into engineering, while watching low-cost rivals push desktop extrusion into the professional tier. The launch of the RMS220, a 75 watt […]

Over the past decade, much of the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) additive manufacturing (AM) strategy has focused on proving that advanced manufacturing could work inside legacy casting environments. Today,...

Dassault Systèmes has spent years selling a platform story. Gian Paolo Bassi, one of its most recognisable product voices, now talks about it less as a roadmap and more as a habit formed under pressure. I visited the company mid-way through a recent start-up accelerator event in London. The pressure, in his telling, comes from […]

Cobra Golf Expands 3D Printed Iron Lineup with MB and X ModelsJanuary 7

ADDMAN has purchased Forecast 3D. Private equity-backed ADDMAN has previously bought Keselowski Advanced Manufacturing, Castheon, Dinsmore, and others to become a major player in metal and polymer additive manufacturing. We...

Additive manufacturing has been formally brought under U.S. defense procurement restrictions through the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026. Section 849 of the Act prohibits the Department of Defense from entering into contracts for certain additive manufacturing machines produced by entities linked to China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea. President Trump signed […]

Researchers from engineering institutions in Bengaluru and Warangal, India, have demonstrated that 3D printed geopolymer monoliths fabricated using Direct Ink Writing (DIW) can remove cadmium from contaminated water while offering significantly improved durability compared with conventional bead-based adsorbents. Published in Scientific Reports, the study evaluates the performance of structured geopolymer adsorption beds under both batch […]

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 […]

Las Vegas’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026 is officially in session (January 6-9). As desktop 3D printers are arguably as important to the additive manufacturing (AM) industry today as at...