Back in 2021, the Parliament of Singapore passed a law called the Guns, Explosives, and Weapons Control (GEWC) Bill, banning individuals without the appropriate licenses from owning digital blueprints for...
The Mach-X engineering team at the University of Arizona is working to make hypersonic vehicles faster and more affordable. Now, they’ve received a $5 million grant from the U.S. Army...
I’ve seen plenty of people say more or less this same thing over the last few years: what’s standing in the way of AM’s scale-up in the U.S. defense industrial...
The UK government has announced that the UK Space Agency (UKSA) will be absorbed into the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) by April 2026. The decision is framed...
We’ve been fascinated by the idea of Push Button Metal for a few years. Rather than a $1 million machine that needs lots of stations and preparation, affordable, easy-to-use metal...
Today’s 3D Printing News Briefs is all about materials, from recycled metal replacements and a new high-strength alloy to microstructure control in nickel-based superalloys and more. Read on for all...
Velo3D has taken a big step forward. On August 19, 2025, the company announced that it raised $17.5 million through a public stock offering and officially uplisted its shares to...
In June, Barcelona-based BCN3D filed for bankruptcy. Now the firm has been saved, its assets have been bought by Quantum. Quantum is an investment vehicle for a group of firms...
Creality is one of the largest 3D printing companies in the world. It probably ships more 3D Printers than anyone else. In a competitive market, the company has gone from...
Back in 2017, original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of desktop manufacturing solutions Snapmaker, based in Shenzhen, China, launched its flagship product on Kickstarter: a system that could be purchased as a...
When rockets or jet engines fire up, their parts face unimaginable stress. Temperatures can rise above 2,000°F, and under that kind of heat, most metals quickly weaken or break apart....
AML3D (ASX: AL3) has published its annual results for the year ended June 2025, highlighting both the challenges of scaling up advanced manufacturing and the company’s ambitions in the defense...
In the classic tune Shook Ones Pt II by Mobb Deep, we get introduced to “all of those who wanna profile and pose,” but when the going gets tough, they...
Software startup Helio Additive, based in Changshu, China, wants to take the guesswork out of extrusion-based 3D printing, and make it more reliable and scalable through simulation. Its intelligent software...
Moisture may not sound like a big deal, but in FDM 3D printing, it can ruin a print. Filaments absorb water from the air, and once that moisture hits the...
Disclosure: The XL was provided to me by Prusa free of charge for the purpose of this review. I have not received any other compensation. All opinions expressed are my...
Jake Volnov started DrukArmy to help the Ukrainian war effort. DrukArmy lets individual service members request parts, describe a use case or need, design parts, or order parts. These parts,...
Nothing warms my heart more than the 3D printing community coming together to help others. Technology and IT services firm Saber Data, a division of the TyRex Group of advanced...
We’re taking care of business first today in 3D Printing News Briefs, with Wayland Additive appointing a new Chief Technology Officer and AML3D expanding its European distribution. Moving on, Metal...
Align Technology’s latest earnings showed slower growth for Invisalign, but the story is bigger than one company. The market for clear aligners is changing, and those changes matter for the...
