Agile Space Industries qualifies 6K Additive’s Nickel 625 powder for critical rocket parts
6K Additive, a division of AM material producer 6K Inc. and Agile Space Industries are working on the certification of Ni625 powder for space applications including critical rocket parts.
6K Additive’s Ni625 powder could help produce parts...
NASA’s printed circuits may lead to more 3D printing applications
Engineers successfully tested hybrid printed circuits at the edge of space in an April 25 sounding rocket flight from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility near Chincoteague, Virginia. Electronic temperature and humidity sensors printed onto the...
Collins Aerospace opens $14 million Additive Manufacturing center in West Des Moines, Iowa
Collins Aerospace, a business of RTX, one of the largest aerospace and defense companies, recently opened a $14 million expansion of its additive manufacturing center in West Des Moines, Iowa. The 9,000-square-foot addition provides...
Marines demonstrate in-flight 3D printing aboard a U.S. Marine Corps aircraft
The Consortium for Additive Manufacturing Research and Education (CAMRE) at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) recently conducted a demonstration of in-flight 3D printing aboard a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft.
This successful test...
University of Sheffield students build and test a metal 3D printed liquid rocket engine
The engine would be the first to be 3D printed by students in the UK and the most powerful student-built liquid rocket engine
A team of Sheffield engineering and science students additively manufactured the ‘SunFire’...
Incus looks back at lithography-based metal manufacturing tests in the lunar environment
The project's goal was to develop a sustainable process that uses lunar resources and recycled scrap metals, eventually contaminated by lunar dust, to produce spare parts on-site which could help and enhance human settlement...
RapidFlight acquires Local Motors’ IP portfolio, underscoring its commitment to harness Additive Manufacturing
Local Motors is one of those companies that was gone too soon. With a catchy product, a 3D printed autonomous shuttle, Local Motors was changing the way mobility could be done on campuses or...
Agile Space Industries to propel metal additive manufacturing and hypergolic propulsion test capabilities thanks to seed round of $13M
Agile Space Industries, an in-space propulsion solution provider recently closed a seed funding round of $13 million. The company plans to enhance its production operations and meet the needs of multiple customers for lunar landing...
Lockheed Martin Corporation made a strategic investment in aerospace AM company Sintavia
Sintavia, LLC, an additive designer and manufacturer of advanced thermodynamic components for aerospace & defense applications, has received a direct equity investment from Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT). This is not the first investment...
Additive Manufacturing for space applications: ThrustMe on the use of ceramic materials
ThrustMe, a company that specializes in in-space propulsion and satellite orbital maneuvering strategies, is currently relying on ceramic 3D printing, for the manufacturing of specific parts in its thruster. After a demonstration of its...
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