NASA Validates 3D Printed RDRE Aerospike Engine
NASA has recently validated the data from hot fire tests on their 3D printed aerospike engine at their test facility in Marshall Space... read more »
Aerospace
The aerospace industry embraces 3D printing technology. NASA 3D prints combustion chamber liners and uses 3d printing for their next move on Mars.
Agnikul Test Fires Printed Rocket Engine
Space startup Agnikul Cosmos has announced the successful test firing of their 3D printed rocket engine at an ISRO test facility in Thiruvananthapuram,... read more »
Relativity Space Reveals New Stargate Metal Printer
California-based rocket company Relativity Space has announced their new super-sized rocket printing robotic 3D printer system, dubbed the Stargate 4th generation. The new... read more »
Huge Metal Aerospace 3D Printed Part Manufactured
A consortium from Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), TU Dresden (TUD) and Autodesk have collaborated with GE AAT Munich to produce one of... read more »
Boeing Celebrates Belated Opening of AM Center
This week aircraft manufacturer Boeing has officially celebrated the opening of its Center of Additive Manufacturing Excellence in Auburn, Washington. The facility employs... read more »
Purdue’s 3D Printed Fuel Injectors Undergo Hypersonic Testing
Purdue has recently partnered with VELO3D to 3D print a fuel injector that can replicate hypersonic conditions in their lab. This is a... read more »
Patents Granted for Printed Rocket Fuel Technology
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... read more »
German Researchers to Laser Print Moondust
Researchers from German institutes are planning to send a robotic mobile selective laser melting (SLM) printer to the Moon, to demonstrate in-situ additive... read more »
New Titanium AM Parts Coming to Airbus A350
The Airbus A350 already has more 3D printed parts than any other civil airliner. And that list of AM components will grow further... read more »
Printing Single Crystal Nickel with Lasers
A team of researchers at the National Institute for Materials Science and Osaka University Graduate School of Engineering in Japan, has successfully demonstrated... read more »
India’s AM Rocket Factory Opens its Doors
Indian aerospace engineering company Agnikul Cosmos has opened their first rocket printing factory at IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai. “Rocket Factory-1” is intended... read more »
New Regolith Composite Lunar Base Concept Unveiled
Space architecture firm AI SpaceFactory has unveiled their plan for a lunar habitat, which has been designed for additive manufacturing on the Moon's... read more »
Printed Swiss Robot Aiming for Space
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... read more »
NASA Selects Continuous Composites for Space Isogrid Printing
Space hardware needs a lot of panels. Be it for rocket bodies, satellite structures, and even space stations. In particular, space hardware needs... read more »
Load-bearing Metal Parts Certified by EASA
It is always exciting to see a new first in certified aerospace metal components, and this one is particularly significant as it is... read more »
New 3D Printed Rocket Engine (Available for Order)
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... read more »
World’s Largest Printed Aerospike Engine Unveiled
Traditional rockets are incredibly inefficient for a number of reasons, not least due to the fact that they are mostly disposable. But reusability... read more »
Drone Demos Printed Antenna Nose
Additive manufacturing offers a number of benefits to those wishing to develop antennas in various non-traditional geometries, and a team of researchers in... read more »
CNT-infused Polymeric Inks Yield Promising Results
A team of researchers from Michigan Technological University have demonstrated printing of carbon nanotube (CNT) infused epoxy inks, and have published a paper... read more »
Indian Partnership Yields Country’s First AM Aero Engine Part
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... read more »
