NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have published a strategy document proposing computer simulations as a tool to cut the time and cost of certifying metal 3D printed aviation components. The 195-page report was developed over five years by…
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NASA Successfully Tests 3D Printed Spring Mechanism in Low Earth Orbit
A compact deployment mechanism developed at NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) successfully activated aboard a commercial spacecraft on February 3, 2026, demonstrating how additive manufacturing techniques can reduce both expense and design complexity for future orbital antenna systems. The device,…
Ireland’s First 3D Printed Rocket Engine Moves from Design to Production
Ireland-based University of Limerick Aeronautical Society High-Powered Rocketry Team (ULAS HiPR) has announced the design and development of what it describes as the country’s first additively manufactured liquid rocket engine. Named Lúin of Celtchar, the engine is the product of…
Ursa Major’s H13 Engine Completes First Hot Fire Tests
Rocket engine manufacturer Ursa Major‘s newest iteration of its Hadley liquid rocket engine, the H13, has passed its first hot fire tests after undergoing a series of engineering refinements and updated production methods, including a deeper reliance on additive manufacturing…
ATI Backs Alloyed’s 3D Printed Superalloy for Jet Engines
UK-based alloy design firm and Oxford University-spinout Alloyed has received £1 million from the UK’s Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme to help bring a new nickel superalloy closer to use in commercial jet engines. Named ABD-1000AM, the alloy is developed…
UK completes flight of 3D printed aircraft component from recycled titanium
QinetiQ, a UK defence and security technology company, has completed a flight test of an aircraft fitted with a structural component 3D printed from recycled titanium. Flight was conducted by QinetiQ’s Flight Test Organisation at MOD Boscombe Down in Wiltshire…
Auxilium Joins Starlab in New Partnership to Advance Space Biomanufacturing
Starlab Space, a company developing a commercial space station to broaden research opportunities in low Earth orbit, has entered into a new collaboration with Auxilium Biotechnologies, a San Diego medtech startup. The collaboration will support regenerative medicine, implantable devices, and…
Solving LPBF Inconel 718 Distortion: ASTRO and FSU Announce 2026 3D Printing Tech Challenge
Florida State University’s InSPIRE Institute and the Applied Science & Technology Research Organization of America (ASTRO America) have announced the second national 3D Printing Tech Challenge. The 2026 challenge addresses a major constraint in precision additive manufacturing for aerospace and…
NordSpace Secures New NRC Funding for Medium-Lift Rocket Engines R&D
Canadian aerospace company NordSpace has received advisory support and up to $335,000 in funding from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) for an R&D project supporting the development of medium-lift rocket engines. According to…
3D Printing as a Manufacturing Enabler for Student-Built Humanitarian Drones
Italian engineering company Xenia Materials has partnered with Fly-Mi EUROAVIA Milano, a student association at Politecnico di Milano, to support the development of O.L.I.V.I.A., an autonomous fixed-wing drone created for humanitarian missions. The project, which earned third place, was created…
