ASTM International‘s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) has released a strategic guide addressing how additively manufactured (AM) parts are qualified and certified for defense use. The document, developed in partnership with the UK Ministry of Defence (UK MOD)…
AMAA 2026: Safran Scales Additive Manufacturing Across Flight-Critical Engine Parts
Eighteen months of casting and welding, compressed into three weeks on a single machine. That is what additive manufacturing in aerospace now means in practice at one of the sector’s largest groups. Safran, the French aerospace and defence manufacturer with…
AMUG names new board leadership for 2026–2027 term
The Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) has confirmed its board of directors for the 2026–2027 term, combining newly elected members with two board appointments. The five incoming leaders join four continuing board members, with terms beginning July 1, 2026, at…
AMAA 2026: NASA Turns Rocket Alloys Into Flight Ready Hardware Through Iterative Post Processing
A combustion chamber with undetected flaws, or a nozzle with clogged internal channels observed during a hot fire test, can set a rocket programme back months. At NASA‘s Marshall Space Flight Center, that risk has pushed engineers to treat additive…
German Machine Tool Orders Rise 15 Percent Amid Cautious Optimism
Germany’s machine tool industry recorded a 15 percent increase in incoming orders during Q1 2026, according to the German Machine Tool Builders’ Association (VDW). The uptick follows three consecutive years of decline for the sector, though production, exports, and employment…
DEEP Installs Vanguard Subsea Habitat Built With WAAM
DEEP, a company specializing in Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) has completed installation of Vanguard, its pilot subsea human habitat, on the seafloor at Tennessee Reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The habitat’s components were produced using WAAM,…
Auburn University and NASA Demonstrate Inkless Electronics Printing in Microgravity
Researchers from Auburn University and NASA Marshall Space Flight Center have demonstrated that conductive metal structures can be printed in microgravity without liquid inks, using a compact, self-contained system that generates, deposits, and sinters metal nanoparticles on demand. The work,…
Zellerfeld and Volumental Connect Precision Scanning to 3D Printed Shoes
3D printing footwear company Zellerfeld has announced a partnership with Volumental to connect precision foot scanning directly into its on-demand shoe manufacturing platform. Under the arrangement, foot geometry captured through Volumental’s in-store and mobile scanning experiences feeds into Zellerfeld’s 3D…
Austal, Curtin University and AMCRC Launch Framework to Guide AM Adoption in Australian Maritime Defense
Austal, Curtin University, and the Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (AMCRC) have launched a $600,000 joint research project aimed at helping Australia’s maritime and defense sector determine where additive manufacturing (AM) actually makes sense to use. The 18-month project will…
VulcanForms Secures $21M State Tax Credit for Massachusetts Expansion
Digital manufacturing firm VulcanForms is set to build a facility of up to one million square feet at its existing Devens, Massachusetts site. The Massachusetts Economic Assistance Coordinating Council (EACC) approved $21.26 million in state tax credits for the project…
