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Not on the Poop Deck: US Navy to Give 3D Printing Its Sea Legs
The Navy looks to add 3D printing to its aircraft carriers. These behemoths of the sea currently carry functional military cities in the bowels and on deck of the ships, so in a move to modernity and …
3D Printing’s Potential for Space Apps Is Getting Astronauts’ Imagination Flying
We have said it before, 3D printing and space are a “match made in heaven;” 3D printing is also good at getting people’s imaginations to “go where no one has gone before.” There are so many potential …
MD Helicopters Turns to 3D Printing for Advanced New Hybrid Design
Demand for helicopters has grown exponentially during the past decade both for military and civilian use. One of the companies that most benefited from the higher number of requests is MD Helicopters,…
Lockheed Martin Opens State-of-the-Art R&D Tech Centre in Palo Alto
Lockheed Martin is a long-time user of 3D printing and additive manufacturing technologies. The global security and aerospace organization, which employs approximately 115,000 people worldwide, is pri…
Concept Laser is Big On Metals
“By enabling a machine to produce objects of any shape and [increasing] size, on the spot and as needed, 3D printing is ushering in a new era,” said Richard A. D’Aveni in his 2013 article titled “3D p…
3D Printing Gradually Folds Into Mainstream Manufacturing at AeroDef
There’s a strange thing that happens for a member of the press at an event like AeroDef, a convention for members of the aerospace and defense supply chain. They really don’t care about talking to a r…
An Expanded 3D Printing Application Base at Airbus
Airbus, a leading OEM of aircraft and part of the EADS family of aerospace companies, has long been one of the original pioneers utilizing 3D printing for industrial applications. The nature of aircra…
3D Printing & Space (Part 3): NASA
“We’re not driving the additive manufacturing train, industry is, but NASA has the ability to get on-board to leverage it for our unique needs.” So said Ted Swanson recently, who is …
Is 3D Printing and Space Travel a Match Made in… Heaven?
We are living in exciting and revolutionary times. Technologies that have been developed during the past decades are becoming mature and opening up to more and more people. This time, however, we are …