[Michael Petch, from 3DPrintingIndustry] attended Europe’s largest defense and security event, DSEI, to hear how the sector uses additive manufacturing. “Ten-minute warning” is not a phrase you hope to hear at an event jammed to the rafters with military hardware,…
Reporting from AM Forum Berlin 2023, we saw how 3D printing is used in the supply chain in the automotive, mobility, and defense sectors. This article provides insights into the railway industry supply chain from Siemens Mobility and SNCF. Plus, the question of the…
Heading up aerospace for 3D printing solutions company Stratasys, company global director of aerospace, Foster Ferguson discusses his expectations for the future of the aerospace industry. While raising my right hand to serve in the US Marine Corps nearly 25…
Additive Manufacturing Coalition and America Makes campaign for policy updates that recognize the importance of additive manufacturing in aerospace and defense. As additive manufacturing (AM) continues to evolve and mature as a technology and as an industry, engineers need to…
Boeing expects to save $2 million to $3 million on each of its Boeing 787s through 3D-printed parts. Recently, Simple Flying highlighted the weight savings of the General Electric GE9X engine as a result of the additive manufacturing (AM) techniques…
US propulsion system manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne has optimized a key component of its Reaction Control System (RCS) quad thruster using additive manufacturing and nTopology’s engineering software. Aerojet Rocketdyne’s new space engine part is now 67 percent lighter while also reducing the overall production cost…
GE Aviation has projected cost savings of 35% after switching the production of four land/marine turbine bleed air parts from casting to metal 3D printing. The aerospace company worked with GE Additive to additively manufacture the four bleed air components, with the cost…
Manufacturing system provider Ingersoll Machine Tools has partnered with aviation company Bell to 3D print a 22 foot-long vacuum trim tool – a mold used for the production of helicopter rotor blades. The project, which resulted in major lead time savings, was completed using…
Swedish aerospace and defense company Saab has successfully conducted a flight test that has shown how additive manufacturing can be used to repair battlefield damage on its Gripen fighters. The test flight, which took place at Saab’s facilities in Linköping,…
Relativity Space has the audacious goal of 3D printing 95 percent of a rocket and sending it to orbit. Getting to space is hard. But completely reinventing how rockets are manufactured at the same time? Harder. Six-year-old upstart Relativity may nail both by the…