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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

GKN Aerospace’s Cell 3 enables 5-meter 3D printed parts, scaling up parts to sizes needed for safety critical air and space structures

GKN Aerospace has added what is described as the largest known laser directed energy deposition additive manufacturing (AM) cell to its new Global Technology Center...

GKN Aerospace and Materialise to focus on the use of Additive Manufacturing in electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircrafts

GKN Aerospace and Materialise to address certification and additive production of functional and flight-critical aerostructures GKN Aerospace, aerospace parts producer, and Materialise, a 3D printing...

Oerlikon is making a real splash at the Paris Air Show, with big agreements signed with ArianeGroup and MTU Aero Engines

Several people at Oerlikon once told me that Aerospace and Space are part of their core growth areas when it comes to Additive Manufacturing....

Skyrora tests new model of 3D printed orbital engine

To prepare for its first commercial launch, Skyrora, a UK-based designer and manufacturer of rockets, has begun a series of full-duration tests to qualify...