Belgium-based Safran Aero Boosters has signed an agreement with Pratt & Whitney to qualify and deliver large-scale, highly complex components for the F135 engine that powers the F-35 Lightning II. The deal was formalized at the Farnborough International Airshow on…
Lyten’s 3D Graphene Filament Becomes Standard Material for Modovolo’s BFP Platform
Supermaterial applications company Lyten has been named the primary filament supplier for American aerospace and defense company Modovolo’s BFP platform, a transportable 3D printer built to manufacture aerospace, motorsports, and defense-grade parts outside traditional factory settings. The companies announced the partnership…
AI System Learns Each 3D Printer’s “Personality” to Cut Manufacturing Defects
Researchers at IMDEA Materials Institute in Madrid, working with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the US, have developed an algorithm that detects hidden behavioral differences between supposedly identical 3D printers and automatically decides how to correct for them. The work,…
GKN Aerospace Provides ‘Innovative Support’ to GTF Repairs with DED
GKN Aerospace has won a series of multi-year repair contracts from Pratt & Whitney covering more than 20 component types across the geared turbofan (GTF) engine family. The agreements run 5 to 10 years and distribute work across GKN facilities…
Nano Dimension’s $890 Million AI Healthcare Pivot Now Hangs in the Balance
Last month, Israeli 3D printer manufacturer Nano Dimension signed a non-binding term sheet to merge with Infinite Epigenetics, an AI-powered preventive health and diagnostics company, in a proposed deal valued at $890 million. If completed, the transaction would mark the…
Addidex Connect Draws 170 Robotic LFAM Practitioners to 3D Printing Event
Roughly 170 practitioners in robotic large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM) attended the inaugural Addidex Connect event, held on June 30 and July 1, 2026 at 3D Makers Zone in Haarlem, the Netherlands. The two-day gathering was organized around robotic additive manufacturing…
Researchers Find a Way to Stop 3D Printed Parts From Overheating Mid-Print
A technique that 3D prints an entire object at once, instead of building it up layer by layer, has a heat problem. Researchers at the University of Nottingham, working with the University of California, Berkeley, say they’ve found a fix.…
3D Printed Garment Is Built From Skin Data, Not a Size Chart
Designer Laura Civetti wants clothing to stop being something the body simply wears and start being something it collaborates with. Her latest project, Adaptive System, is a “data-driven clothing research methodology” that folds physiological and biomechanical data, sweating, posture, skin…
Polymaker’s HT-PLA Pro Doubles Impact Strength Without Losing Heat Resistance
The Utrecht-based filament maker Polymaker has launched HT-PLA Pro, a tougher version of its heat-stable HT-PLA filament aimed squarely at the two complaints that have followed high-temperature PLA since it first reached desktop printers: it snaps too easily, and its…
Skyroot’s Vikram-1 Reaches Orbit on India’s First Fully 3D Printed Rocket Engine
Indian private rocket company Skyroot Aerospace‘s Vikram-1 reached orbit on July 18 powered in part by a cluster of 3D printed engines, a detail that turns India’s first private orbital launch into a milestone for additive manufacturing as much as…
