Roboze cracks the code on polymer 3D printing for aerospace with Airbus qualification

The qualification of Roboze's ARGO 500 Hyperspeed system for Airbus flight-ready component production might sound like another tick on a certification checklist but in...

SWISSto12 raises $70M to scale manufacturing capacity amid booming space market

Swiss satellite maker fuels growth with new capital, driving AM adoption across multi-orbit platforms SWISSto12 has closed a $70 million Series C funding round, underscoring...
Rendering of Venus Aerospace's RDRE

Venus Aerospace secures $91m Series B; aims to scale 3D printed detonation engine

Demand for hypersonic and long-range capability is accelerating as the U.S. and its allies move to field systems that can reach farther and fly...

De-risking AM adoption: How Technology Readiness Levels guide industrial decisions

“We are excited to announce the launch of X material, ready to be used for highly regulated industries.” I can’t count the number of...
Nikita Chibisov, 3D Applications Manager and Sam Bernard, Chief Technology Officer of Photocentric with two Large boxes containing three CosmicMaker printers on the Novespace parabolic flight.

Photocentric spins out CosmicMaker, a machine that operates better in space than on earth

Following the successful demonstration of its enclosed-chamber 3D printer across parabolic flights in April 2026, 3D printer manufacturer Photocentric now makes the new 3D...
Rocket Lab production environment featuring Rutherford Engines

Rocket Lab’s 1,000th Rutherford Engine: When additive manufacturing becomes a competitive moat

Space company Rocket Lab has just announced a milestone: the 1,000th Rutherford engine has rolled off its production line. In the world of space...

Recording | Additive Talks, season 6, episode 1

What happens when two of the most demanding users of additive manufacturing in aerospace, one building commercial aircraft, the other unmanned defense systems, compare...

RAPID+TCT 2026: A show floor that had more going on than its three showcase labels suggest

All I knew about Boston before coming here was that the city had earned a reputation built on law and legal institutions; knowledge largely...
Airbus Helicopters – CityAirbus NextGen (2)

One roadmap, three business units: How to align AM strategy across fundamentally different worlds?

Building an additive manufacturing strategy is hard enough in a single business unit. The technology is maturing rapidly, the qualification landscape keeps shifting, and...

The “Factory of the Future” is everywhere. But what does it actually mean?

The phrase has become ambient noise in manufacturing. Every major industrial player, every technology vendor, every trade show keynote has its own version of...