The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has contracted circuit board fabrication specialist BotFactory to develop a fully-automated desktop electronics 3D printer. Enlisted as part of the USAF’s ‘AFWERX’ prog…
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MIT’s Inkbit to build 3D printers for USAF bases
Inkbit, a 2017 spin-out from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the US Air Force to build…
3D Systems and Huntington Ingalls to qualify corrosion-proof shipbuilding alloys
U.S. 3D printer OEM 3D Systems is working with military shipbuilding firm Huntington Ingalls Industries to develop new corrosion-proof metal powders for maritime 3D printing applications. Working wi…
Clemson University, 3D Systems and ARL leverage AI for 3D printing research
Clemson University has established an $11 million cooperative agreement with the US Combat Capabilities Development Command of the Army Research Laboratory, known as DEVCOM ARL, to create new technolo…
Penn State to develop new method of 3D printing ultra-tough steel for U.S. Army
Researchers based at Penn State’s College of Engineering have been awarded $434,000 by the U.S. Army to develop an optimized method of 3D printing high-strength alloys. During the project, the t…
Mobile 3D printing factory for U.S. Department of Defense under development by ExOne
Binder jet 3D printer OEM ExOne is set to develop a portable 3D printing factory for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) after being awarded a $1.6M contract by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) las…
VFRAME 3D prints cluster munition replicas to aid Mnemonic’s war crime analysis
Open-source software developer VFRAME has 3D printed replicas of warzone munitions to help investigators at Mnemonic probe potential human rights violations from a distance. Utilizing an SLA 3D …
US Navy Research Lab engineers 3D print functional lightweight cylindrical antenna arrays
Engineers at the US Navy Research Laboratory (NRL) have deployed a 3D printer to fabricate optimized antenna components that could be key to advancing the US Navy’s radar monitoring capabilities. …
3D Systems’ DMP Factory 500 3D printer aids ARL research effort to develop topologically optimized heat exchangers
3D printer manufacturer 3D Systems has been chosen by aerospace firm Raytheon Technologies and the Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) of the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to take part in …
GE Research awarded $14M to 3D print portable device that produces water out of thin air
GE Research, the R&D wing of American conglomerate GE, has been awarded $14.3 million by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to transform the transport of potable water to troops…