“War! What is it good for?” asked Edwin Starr. “Absolutely nothing!” was his oversimplified reply. He was partly correct. As it turns out, war is pretty good for finding innovative new ...
Read More »Over the last year we have seen wider adoption of AM processes for use in repairing items, particularly in the marine and aerospace sector. Sometimes companies make parts so complicated ...
Read More »The US military is no stranger to 3D printing, what with their commissioning the largest metal printer and testing conductive plastic 3D printed antenna. A recent contract from the DoD ...
Read More »Antennas need to be electrically conductive, so they either need to be manufactured from a conductive material (metal, typically) or else be made from an insulator coated in a ...
Read More »The Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) sure loves additive manufacturing, as we have shown in the past. Their latest venture into AM involves a ...
Read More »We live on a water planet where most of the water is undrinkable. The irony! If only there was some method of extracting pure water from the air. Wouldn’t that be neat? Well, there are! ...
Read More »Ignoring all warnings from Hollywood from the last 4 decades, US Army engineers and scientists have turned to AI to assist with the production of 3D printed missile components. ...
Read More »3D Systems have just announced some developments showing that they are on track to provide a huge metal printing machine for the US military. 3D Systems are describing it as “World’s ...
Read More »Holography has been touted as being just around the corner for decades, and asides from the odd Tupac light show, hasn’t really manifested itself as anything remotely useful. The US Army ...
Read More »Hexcel, an advanced materials supplier, has recently launched HexPEKK EM, formulated specifically to meet the static electricity management, electromagnetic shielding, and radiation ...
Read More »We are seeing more and more stories at the intersection of 3D printing and Digital Twin / VR technology recently, especially it seems in the domain of aerospace engineering. In this ...
Read More »Are you concerned that your torpedos and other weapons of naval warfare are sinking to the bottom of the ocean and turning into pollution?. Well worry no more, as researchers in the US ...
Read More »When a 3D printing company really wants to demonstrate that their manufacturing capabilities can keep up with (or outperform) the best of the best, it’s common to put those capabilities in ...
Read More »The US military is no stranger to 3D printing, having supported and developed a plethora of AM breakthroughs. Though they certainly work with metal 3D printing, officers like the ...
Read More »The Royal Australian Navy is testing out a new pilot program involving 3D printing for vessel maintenance. In accordance with the program, the presiding Morrison Government is investing AUD ...
Read More »Engineer Stephen Cox has developed a way to print 'smart parts' with embedded sensors and RFID tags that could alter the way the U.S. Navy conducts maintenance checks aboard their ships. The ...
Read More »The Canadian Lord Strathcona Horse Regiment is utilizing 3D printing to help keep a military tradition alive. By creating replica's of century-old horse saddles they've found a way to ...
Read More »The French armed forces have been employing 3D printing to produce spare parts for far-off bases in regions such as Mali. Since procuring supplies and equipment on the field can be ...
Read More »The Defense Innovation Lab (DiLab) has announced its plans to aid R3 Printing with manufacturing research and tech development. The former has received a grant from Manufacturing Technology ...
Read More »3D Systems has been selected by the Combat Capabilities Development Command of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to develop “the world’s largest, fastest, most precise metal 3D ...
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