Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace & Space

Additive manufacturing is a key issue for aerospace manufacturers. They see the technology as a way to meet key challenges of the sector including lightweighting of aircraft’s parts and the scarcity of certain materials.

First Load-Bearing Metal 3D Printed Spare Part has been approved for aerospace use

Lufthansa Technik, a company that has been providing maintenance and technical services to VIP and government customers for more than 60 years, and Premium AEROTEC recently joined...

Fleet Space launches Centauri 5 satellite into LEO with metal 3D printed antennas

This was the first time Fleet Space’s all-metal patch antennas were entirely 3D printed, paving way for a future constellation to be fully manufactured...

With a recently awarded $1.7M U.S. Space Force contract, how will Launcher enhance its 3D Printed Rocket Engines?

A lot is happening in the private space industry right now. The current “space race” continuous to foster collaborations between public and private organizations,...

3D Systems & Airbus Defence and Space leverage 3D printing to create RF Components for Fully Reconfigurable Satellite

With the goal of producing critical components for its industry-first satellite innovation – OneSat -, Airbus Defence and Space  called on 3D Systems’  Application Innovation...

AM Workflow Integration in the Aerospace Industry: How do we Earn Credibility as a Viable Manufacturing Technology?

 “We , have homework to do to earn the credibility as a viable manufacturing technology”, Dr. Melissa Orme, Vice President, Boeing Additive Manufacturing. I sat...

Anisoprint and Nanoracks ambition to enable onsite manufacturing with CFC 3D printing and reduce the number of delivery missions

Continuous fiber 3D printing company Anisoprint continues to carve out a place in the AM space industry. Through a recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nanoracks...

EOS integrates Hyperganic AI-powered Algorithmic Engineering software to its Additive Manufacturing Solutions

A partnership that introduces another paradigm shift in AM, that will elevate the design and performance of space propulsion components  As part of an exclusive...

The AM strategies Sintavia takes to embrace the various directions the commercial aerospace market is embracing

The aerospace industry has always been mentioned as one of the early adopters of Additive Manufacturing. At the time (in the 2010s), being able...

Aerojet Rocketdyne will deliver 116 3D Printed RL10C-X Rocket Engines to ULA

Propulsion system manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne has been awarded the largest RL10 contract to date from space launch firm United Launch Alliance (ULA). As part...

NASA’s new 3D printable alloy would be 1,000 times durable than existing aerospace metal alloys

The combination of material modeling with AM drastically accelerated the material development process and enabled the development of a material which delivers better performance As...
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