NASA Marshall Space Flight Center has awarded Phase3D a role in a new program aimed at proving that metal additively manufactured parts can be qualified for spaceflight during production. The program will generate more than 50,000 individually inspected build layers…
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Fortastra taps Hadrian’s automated factories to speed up satellite production
Spacecraft developer Fortastra is turning to automated manufacturer Hadrian to help it build satellites faster. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) this week laying the groundwork for Hadrian’s precision machining and additive manufacturing capabilities to be applied…
Airbus Qualifies a First Alternative Polymer AM Partner for Satellites
Airbus has qualified the Roboze ARGO 500 HYPERSPEED Mission Ready production system to manufacture flight-ready secondary structural components for telecom and Earth observation satellites using standard ULTEM 9085 filament. The approval makes Roboze the first alternative additive manufacturing ecosystem qualified…
Beehive Industries expands Ohio operations with $70M investment, 200 new jobs
Beehive Industries, the Denver-based maker of additively manufactured jet engines for uncrewed defense systems, is investing $70 million to expand its Southwest Ohio operations, creating more than 200 new jobs. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, JobsOhio and REDI Cincinnati joined the…
Pratt & Whitney tests TJ150 engine with nearly 60% additively manufactured content
Pratt & Whitney, an aircraft engine manufacturer owned by RTX, has completed demonstration testing of a TJ150 expendable engine in which nearly 60% of the engine by volume was produced using additive manufacturing. The company is using the technology to…
Safran Aero Boosters and BMT Aerospace to 3D Print Large-Scale Titanium Components for the F135 Engine
Belgium-based Safran Aero Boosters has signed an agreement with Pratt & Whitney to qualify and deliver large-scale, highly complex components for the F135 engine that powers the F-35 Lightning II. The deal was formalized at the Farnborough International Airshow on…
GKN Aerospace Provides ‘Innovative Support’ to GTF Repairs with DED
GKN Aerospace has won a series of multi-year repair contracts from Pratt & Whitney covering more than 20 component types across the geared turbofan (GTF) engine family. The agreements run 5 to 10 years and distribute work across GKN facilities…
Skyroot’s Vikram-1 Reaches Orbit on India’s First Fully 3D Printed Rocket Engine
Indian private rocket company Skyroot Aerospace‘s Vikram-1 reached orbit on July 18 powered in part by a cluster of 3D printed engines, a detail that turns India’s first private orbital launch into a milestone for additive manufacturing as much as…
ESA’s Orbital Metal Printer Produces Its Fifth Sample
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot has retrieved the fifth sample produced by the first metal 3D printer ever sent to space, and prepared the machine for its next print run later this year. Adenot is flying ESA’s εpsilon mission aboard the…
GKN Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney to 3D print a full-scale F135 engine case
GKN Aerospace and RTX’s Pratt & Whitney have signed a Technology Development Agreement to additively manufacture a large-scale engine case for the F135, the engine that powers the F-35 Lightning II. Announced at the Farnborough Air Show on 20 July…
