The Royal Netherlands Navy assesses Zetamix technology for the production of metal and ceramic 3D printed parts on site
The Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN), the naval force of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, is currently looking to produce 3D printed parts directly on...
A look at the additive manufacturing journey of a United States Air Force base
It started with a piece here, a small part there.
Arnold Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in Coffee and...
Westinghouse achieves another premiere in nuclear AM: the fabrication and installation of a 3D Printed Fuel Debris Filter
The first application of additive manufacturing in the nuclear industry was a 3D printed thimble plugging device fabricated by Westinghouse and installed at Exelon’s...
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...
Dive Technologies, an AUVs developer that brings 3D printing to subsea robotics, is now an Anduril Industries company
Defense technology company Anduril Industries has acquired Boston-based start-up Dive Technologies, a developer of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).
Dive Technologies enables safe and successful access...
AM is not going to be the answer to everything…but the first step in making the DoD’s AM agenda a reality is “exposure”
Whether it is leveraged for emergency replacement of critical parts, manufacturing of unmanned platforms, or innovation in time of need, Additive Manufacturing has proven...
Ultra Safe Nuclear licenses ORNL method to 3D print Nuclear Reactor Components
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed a new method to 3D print components for nuclear reactors.
Licensed by Ultra Safe Nuclear...
Australian Army 3D Prints and Certifies armored vehicle parts in the field
Remember when we explained that AM can be a good production candidate for expeditionary manufacturing? Well, here is a great example of how expeditionary...
How can 3D printing improve energy absorption of combat helmets? General Lattice is working on it.
General Lattice, Inc., a provider of end-to-end computational design and digital manufacturing solutions on a service and software basis, has just secured a contract...
One step closer to 3D printed body armours
Since December 2020, AML3D Limited is collaborating with Lightforce a manufacturer of defence solutions, for their next-generation ‘made-to-fit’ titanium body armour prototype trials.
The Australian...