A satellite containing 3D printed parts has been successfully launched and is due to capture its first images from orbit within the next week. The cube-sat was designed by students at the University of Kentucky and Morehead State University, in…
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Sigma Labs to Test PrintRite3D DEFORM Software with Honeywell International
Sigma Labs has been putting out new press releases fairly regularly, normally announcing new contracts for projects with large OEMs to enhance their in-process quality control for industrial 3D printing. This latest announcement, however, brings the company closer to its…
Stratasys’ RedEye 3D Prints its Largest Parts for Lockheed Martin Satellite
Stratasys’ 3D printing service bureau, RedEye, has proven the feasibility of creating large industrial parts with 3D printing technology by manufacturing one of the world’s largest 3D printed parts for Lockheed Martin’s Space Systems Company. The 15 foot long fuel…
NASA is 3D Scanning on Mars and 3D Printing on Earth
“If this species is to survive indefinitely we need to become a multi-planet species. We need to go to Mars, and Mars is a stepping-stone to other solar systems.” – Charles Bolden, Administrator Of NASA, April 2014 Mars — first…
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 capability, 3D printing…
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 applications of 3D…
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, a long standing helicopter manufacturer, that in 2008,…
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 principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology…
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 printing will change…
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 reporter or journalist because…
