Defense

US Navy Successfully Utilizes Additec’s Liquid Metal Jetting Technoloy While Afloat

The U.S. Navy successfully used a Liquid Metal Jetting (LMJ) 3D printer aboard one of its vessels, enabling them to print high-strength aluminum alloy parts on-demand while in port. This innovation can change how critical parts are manufactured in remote or challenging environments to potentially reshape naval operations.

Angela Osborne
Managing Editor, Gardner Business Media

This Year I Have Seen a Lot of AM for the Military — What Is Going On?

Audience members have similar questions. What is the Department of Defense’s interest in making hardware via 3D printing over conventional methods? Here are three manufacturing concerns that are particular to the military.

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Beehive Industries Is Going Big on Small-Scale Engines Made Through Additive Manufacturing

Backed by decades of experience in both aviation and additive, the company is now laser-focused on a single goal: developing, proving and scaling production of engines providing 5,000 lbs of thrust or less.

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JuggerBot 3D Chooses Research Partners for Air Force Large-Format Hybrid Additive Manufacturing Project

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Mississippi State University’s Advanced Composite Institute have been selected to assist in the research and technical development of production workflows using thermoplastic and thermoset deposition.

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Endeavor 3D Earns International Traffic in Arms Registration

Endeavor 3D strengthens its technology capabilities and operational systems to better support the U.S. defense industrial base as well as energy and supply chain manufacturing services.

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Airtech and Ascent Aerospace Collaborate to Promote Additive Manufacturing Tooling in Aerospace, Defense

By combining Airtech’s high-performance materials and Ascent’s production capabilities, the companies aim to support the adoption of polymer composite additive tooling to some of the most demanding applications and customers in the world.

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US Army Tests Additive Manufacturing for Printing Vehicle Repair Parts in the Field

Spee3D participates in successful demonstration with the Army Research Lab to validate the use of additive manufacturing for creating military vehicle repair parts in the field at the point of need.

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UPM Additive Solutions
Airtech
Acquire
Airtech International Inc.

AM Materials Consortium Selects Partners for LPBF Fabrication and Testing

The consortium is developing open LPBF parameter sets to streamline machine, material and process qualification, with the goal of expediting customers’ process development leading to serial production.

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For Coast Guard, AM Adoption Begins With “MacGyver-ish” Crew Members Who Are Using 3D Printing Already

AM suits the Coast Guard’s culture of shipboard problem-solving, says Surface Fleet AM lead. Here is how 3D printers on ships promise to deliver not just substantial cost savings but also an aid to crew capabilities and morale.

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America Makes Names 2024 Ambassador Award Winners

The Ambassador Award Program recognizes individuals who have continually demonstrated outstanding dedication to advancing America Makes and its mission to innovate and accelerate additive manufacturing to increase the nation’s global manufacturing competitiveness.

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Spee3D Successfully Tests Metal AM System During DOD’s Rim of the Pacific Exercise

Spee3D’s Expeditionary Manufacturing Unit (EMU) printed 11 metal parts for repair and replacement of defense equipment in a contested environment to prove that AM can help secure military supply chains by reducing the delivery time of critical parts from days to hours and at the point of need.

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Supernova Creates Defense and Space Business Unit to Develop 3D Printing of Military-Grade Energetic Materials

Target applications for the new business unit include solid rocket motors which are critical components for the next-generation hypersonic platforms.

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NCDMM Enhances CORE Platform, Debuts Roadmapper 2.0 Data Tool

The CORE online platform helps members identify, access and utilize intellectual capital assets that align with the group’s Technology Development Roadmap, while Roadmapper 2.0 complements CORE, enabling the sharing of interactive, digital road maps.

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The World According To
The Cool Parts Show
AM Radio
Airtech International Inc.

6K Additive Selected for Powder and Process Optimization Research Project

The project is designed to prove the sustainability and environmental benefits of additive manufacturing for next-generation production of aerospace and defense products with 6K Additive working alongside RTX Technology Research Center and the University of Arizona.

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Nikon Corp. Opens California Technology Center to Provide Customer Support

The center offers a variety of solutions and services aimed at accelerating customer adoption, scaling and supply chain in metal additive manufacturing.

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America Makes Names Winners of $6M Powder Alloy Development for Additive Manufacturing Project

Recipients of the PADAM project award are tasked with establishing repeatable and reproducible AM metal operations focused on operational, product, and installation metal material qualifications. Below is the list of award winners:

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Think Tank, US Navy Announce Plans for Developing Guam Additive Materials and Manufacturing Accelerator

Nonprofit organization ASTRO America will manage staging and deployment of 3D Printing Technology and Workforce Education Center on Guam to diversify the island’s economy and support Indo-Pacific submarine industrial base needs.

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Nikon Reorganizes and Rebrands Morf3D Subsidiary to Create Nikon AM Synergy

The transformation includes new leadership and a reorganization that shifts away from the former general-purpose contract manufacturing service bureau business.

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Big Metal Additive: The Difference Between a Shape and a Part Is Quality

Preparing to scale directed energy deposition to ongoing full production is not a technological challenge: DED is ready. But it is an organizational challenge, says the company founder. Here is what it means to implement a quality system.

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3D printing machine trainings

Video: 5" Diameter Navy Artillery Rounds Made Through Robot Directed Energy Deposition (DED) Instead of Forging

Big Metal Additive conceives additive manufacturing production factory making hundreds of Navy projectile housings per day.

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Spee3D Opens US-Based Manufacturing Facility and Applications Center

The U.S. location enables Spee3D to closely collaborate more readily with North American customers, including the U.S. Department of Defense.

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America Makes’ Summer Research Project Call Worth $2.1 Million

The RFP includes 6 topic areas of focus with research project proposals due by August 16, at 5 p.m. (ET).

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Nidec Machine Tool’s LAMDA5000 Enables Very Large-Scale DED Metal Additive Manufacturing

The company says this large-format 3D printer expands the capabilities of laser powder DED 3D printing.

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3D Printed Titanium Replaces Aluminum for Unmanned Aircraft Wing Splice: The Cool Parts Show #72

Rapid Plasma Deposition produces the near-net-shape preform for a newly designed wing splice for remotely piloted aircraft from General Atomics. The Cool Parts Show visits Norsk Titanium, where this part is made.

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U.S. Army Selects 3YourMind Software to Identify Parts Suited for Additive Manufacturing

As part of the initial effort, 3YourMind software will analyze up to 10,000 selected parts and evaluate them based on technical feasibility, lead time and cost. That will give the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center greater insight as to which spare parts are strong use cases for additive manufacturing.

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3D Printing for Electric Vehicles