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Additive manufacturing for Defence & Nuclear

From prototype concept through to design and manufacture, defence & nuclear industry applications are part of the nascent industries that adopt additive manufacturing technologies. This segment reports on these applications and sheds light on defence and nuclear organizations’ approach of AM technologies.

SPEE3D unveils on-site metal AM solution for the defense industry

SPEE3D, Australian metal additive manufacturing company, has unveiled its Expeditionary Manufacturing Unit (EMU), a complete on-site mobile additive manufacturing solution. EMU combines SPEE3D’s expeditionary metal 3D printer, XSPEE3D, with its SPEE3Dcell post-processing and testing...

3D printed jet engine developed by Beehive Industries undergoes first test firing

Beehive Industries, the additively-enabled jet propulsion company, completes first fire tests for its 3D-printed engine demonstrator. This engine is a high-efficiency, attritable engine designed for unmanned aerial defense vehicles such as cruise missiles, collaborative combat...

New milestone for the use of AM in the nuclear industry: Westinghouse 3D prints its 1,000th fuel flow plate

Westinghouse Electric Company, a company that provides a wide range of nuclear power plant products and services to utilities throughout the world, continues to push the use of AM in the nuclear industry. The company’s...

Norsk Titanium delivers a 3D printed flight critical structure to a defense customer

Norsk Titanium, a producer of aerospace-grade structural titanium components using its patented Rapid Plasma Deposition® (RPD®) technology, has delivered a flight critical aircraft structure to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), a defense and...

1000 Kelvin and Fieldmade join forces to support the military sector with AM. Here is how.

1000 Kelvin, the AI-driven additive manufacturing (AM) software company that recently launched AMAIZE, joins forces with Fieldmade, an expert in mobile manufacturing for rugged environments. Together, they ambition to increase the immediate deployment of 3D...

Auburn University to support the US Army with its Additive Manufacturing expertise in a $50M project

Auburn University just secured what is described as the largest research contract in university history. Through a new three-year project, the advanced manufacturing team from the university will help the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities...

Additive Manufacturing Solutions to explore the technical feasibility of recovering critical materials from surplus defense assets

Additive Manufacturing Solutions Ltd. (AMS), a UK-based startup providing material and process validation services, is collaborating with the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA) to research the technical feasibility of...

NATO’s €1 billion fund could accelerate the use of 3D printing in defense startups

A €1 Billion Fund to propel deep tech advancements NATO, the collective security system, announced last year the NATO Innovation Fund (NIF) that aims to operate like a classic VC and will make direct investments...

U.S. Marines and Navy Collaborate on Tactical Fabrication (TACFAB) Additive Manufacturing kits

Carderock (US Navy) is once again partnering with the USMC (US Marines), are working on a Tactical Fabrication (TACFAB) Additive Manufacturing kit. This collaboration follows a previous work of Carderock to provide U.S. Marine...

Sintavia to Develop Additive Manufacturing Facility in support of the United States Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program.

Sintavia, LLC, a designer and additive manufacturer of complex mechanical systems and components for the Aerospace & Defense industry, announced today that it had been awarded a contract from Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc. (“BPMI”)...

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