The U.S. Army‘s Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center unveiled SixPAC on August 26, 2026, at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, the first major redesign of small-caliber ammunition packaging since World War II. The system pairs two lightweight polymer ammunition containers,…
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Quantum Cyber Installs 80-Unit 3D Printing Drone Farm at Connecticut Facility
Autonomous defense technology company Quantum Cyber has completed the purchase and physical installation of all 80 units of its 3D printing drone production farm at its roughly 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The printing farm is designed to serve…
Phase3D Names Phillips Federal Exclusive Defense Channel Partner in North America
Chicago-based 3D printing quality assurance software developer Phase3D and U.S.-based supplier of manufacturing technology and services Phillips Federal have entered a partnership naming Phillips Federal as Phase3D’s exclusive Channel Partner for the North American defense market. The agreement gives U.S.…
Wall Colmonoy Oklahoma City Wins USAF Contract for F-16 Heat Exchanger Remanufacturing
Wall Colmonoy Oklahoma City, a manufacturer and repair provider for military and commercial aerospace components, has secured a multi-year, multi-million-dollar contract from the United States Air Force (USAF). The award covers remanufacturing primary and secondary heat exchangers used in the…
Continuous Composites Wins Navy Contract to 3D Print Multifunctional UAV Structures
Developer of composite 3D printing technologies Continuous Composites (CCI) has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract with the U.S. Navy to advance its Continuous Fiber 3D Printing (CF3D) technology toward 3D printing UAV structures with…
UMaine Launches 3Dirigo X: A 3D Printed 30-Foot Boat
The University of Maine has launched 3Dirigo X, a 30-foot, 3D printed vessel engineered to reach speeds near 40 knots and withstand offshore conditions, marking an advance for large-scale 3D printing from demonstration technology toward a practical manufacturing tool for…
Japan Taps 3D Printing for Latest Interceptor Drone Fleet
Japan’s Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Agency (ATLA) has signed a mass production procurement agreement with Terra Drone for interceptor drones made using 3D printers. ATLA selected the Terra B1, a rocket-launched interceptor drone, after a demonstration with Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense…
Navy Fast-Tracks 3D Printed Parts to Boost Submarine Production
The U.S. Navy released new technical requirements Aug. 11 designed to rapidly scale metallic 3D printing across the submarine enterprise, stripping away administrative and engineering hurdles that have slowed the use of additive manufacturing (AM) in submarine construction, maintenance and…
Ursa Major to Go Public in $2.3BN SPAC Deal With Inflection Point
Aerospace and defense manufacturer Ursa Major has announced to go public through a business combination with Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. III (Nasdaq: BCCQU), a special purpose acquisition company backed by Inflection Point Asset Management. Following the transaction, the combined company will…
Arc Impact Debuts Digital Casting Services for Defense Manufacturers
Additive manufacturing (AM) company Arc Impact is promoting Digital Casting Services, a workflow that pairs simulation with 3D printed sand molds and cores to help defense and government programs manufacture complex castings with fewer failed pours. The company positions the…
