When a warship cannot leave port because a decades-old part no longer exists anywhere in the supply chain, the daily cost to the taxpayer is in millions. The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has spent £6.25M on Project Tampa (including…
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The Royal Navy’s Additive Manufacturing Push for Submarine Readiness
The UK’s Submarine Delivery Group, part of the Defence Nuclear Enterprise, has moved additive manufacturing from experimental tool to frontline maintenance capability, deploying on-site 3D printing workshops at HM Naval Base Clyde and establishing a dedicated team to reduce the…
DLA’s Product Test Center Cuts Testing Times with 3D Printing Capability
The Defense Logistics Agency Weapons Support Product Test Center in Columbus, Ohio has integrated additive manufacturing into its quality assurance operations, reducing fixture production times from months to hours and freeing up staff capacity in the process. The facility tests…
3YOURMIND, Phillips Corporation Join NPS Experiment at RIMPAC 2026
3D printing software developer 3YOURMIND and Phillips Corporation Federal Division are participating in a distributed manufacturing experiment organized by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) as part of the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) military exercise, running from June 24…
AML3D Commissions First Two ARCEMY X Systems at NNS
Australian 3D printer manufacturer AML3D has commissioned two large-scale ARCEMY X metal additive manufacturing (AM) systems at Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), finalizing an initial approximately AU$4.5 million (approx. US$3.2 million) order. NNS is a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII),…
CF3D Technology Targets U.S. Army Missile Production Under New Multi-Year Contract
Continuous Composites (CCI) has secured a multi-year contract with the U.S. Army DEVCOM Aviation and Missile Center (AvMC) to apply its proprietary CF3D technology to the development of components for current and future missile platforms. The effort is being executed…
Beehive Orders 30 New EOS M4 ONYX Printers in $50M Deal
US-based propulsion manufacturer Beehive Industries has signed an agreement to buy 30 EOS M4 ONYX metal 3D printers for $50 million. The systems will be installed at the company’s Colorado and Tennessee facilities over the next 12 months, raising Beehive’s…
Rheinmetall UK Integrates FFF Into Challenger 3 Production
Rheinmetall UK, a primary land defense contractor for the British Army, has formalized additive manufacturing as its baseline production method for air ducting components within the Challenger 3 Main Battle Tank program. The decision, detailed in a case study authored…
Additive Manufacturing Cuts Months to Weeks for Royal Navy in Australia
When Royal Australian Navy submarine HMS Anson required replacement components during a routine Submarine Maintenance Period (SMP) at HMAS Stirling, the conventional supply chain wasn’t an option. British defence technology QinetiQ stepped in, using additive manufacturing to design, produce, and…
Elmet Technologies Lands Defense Award to Scale Molybdenum Manufacturing
Elmet Technologies, the Lewiston, Maine-based subsidiary of The Elmet Group Co. has received $4.3 million in strategic funding tied to a contract from the United States Department of War. The award is intended to grow the company’s ability to produce…
