The aerospace industry embraces 3D printing technology. NASA 3D prints combustion chamber liners and uses 3d printing for their next move on Mars.
This week aircraft manufacturer Boeing has officially celebrated the opening of its Center of Additive Manufacturing Excellence in Auburn, Washington. The facility employs over 100 people ...
Read More »Purdue has recently partnered with VELO3D to 3D print a fuel injector that can replicate hypersonic conditions in their lab. This is a large step forward for hypersonic research and will ...
Read More »Florida-based rocket company Vaya Space has been awarded patents for their Vortex-Hybrid engine technology. Unlike most rocket companies we look at on this website, Vaya Space is not ...
Read More »Researchers from German institutes are planning to send a robotic mobile selective laser melting (SLM) printer to the Moon, to demonstrate in-situ additive manufacturing using lunar regolith ...
Read More »The Airbus A350 already has more 3D printed parts than any other civil airliner. And that list of AM components will grow further shortly thanks to German company Liebherr-Aerospace ...
Read More »A team of researchers at the National Institute for Materials Science and Osaka University Graduate School of Engineering in Japan, has successfully demonstrated the fabrication of single ...
Read More »Indian aerospace engineering company Agnikul Cosmos has opened their first rocket printing factory at IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai. “Rocket Factory-1” is intended to churn out two ...
Read More »Space architecture firm AI SpaceFactory has unveiled their plan for a lunar habitat, which has been designed for additive manufacturing on the Moon's surface. The lunar structure concept, ...
Read More »We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again. 3D printed space stuff is cool. It’s just as well because this year is turning out to be a boon for 3D printed space hardware stories, and this ...
Read More »Space hardware needs a lot of panels. Be it for rocket bodies, satellite structures, and even space stations. In particular, space hardware needs strong, stiff and lightweight panels. ...
Read More »It is always exciting to see a new first in certified aerospace metal components, and this one is particularly significant as it is the first load-bearing metal printed part to be certified ...
Read More »Colorado-based rocket engine company Ursa Major has used 3D printing to build a reusable, liquid oxygen/methane rocket engine capable of delivering 200,000 lbs of thrust. The engine, ...
Read More »Traditional rockets are incredibly inefficient for a number of reasons, not least due to the fact that they are mostly disposable. But reusability aside, another reason that rockets are ...
Read More »Additive manufacturing offers a number of benefits to those wishing to develop antennas in various non-traditional geometries, and a team of researchers in the US have recently test-flown a ...
Read More »A team of researchers from Michigan Technological University have demonstrated printing of carbon nanotube (CNT) infused epoxy inks, and have published a paper recently in the Additive ...
Read More »Indian state-owned aerospace company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has partnered with Intech Additive Solutions to produce the country’s first metal AM component for jet ...
Read More »Aerospace is gradually looking at new ways to replace metals with plastics, and existing plastics with even better, modern plastics, composites, and manufacturing methods. Traditionally, ...
Read More »The European Space Agency’s 15-year Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) Program is aimed at stimulating R&D and creating innovative products for the global space-based...
Read More »GE has announced that their printed metal jet engine sump cover has received USAF airworthiness certification, adding another example to the very small list of printed critical parts for use ...
Read More »California-based space company Relativity Space has shared a bunch of new pictures on their social media showing the progress of their metal AM rocket stage. We thought we would re-share ...
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