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From quick weekend projects to high-performance FPV builds: This all-in-one guide helps you choose the right 3D printing files, mastering the best filaments, and successfully launching your first 3D printed drone.
Navigating America Makes’ collaborative project calls is becoming the defining strategy for securing a piece of the nation's surging additive manufacturing funding calls.
The 'Monolith One' is a laser powder bed fusion 3D printer with 24 kW of laser power, which Divergent plans to use for defense and automotive part production. No, it's not for sale.
Recent real-world attacks prove that your printer could be a prime target for hacking, viruses, and IP Theft. Understanding its weak points is the first step to protecting your designs, your network, and your physical prints.
By backing Norsk’s wire-fed titanium process, the U.S. is testing whether additive manufacturing can solve real bottlenecks in maritime manufacturing.
As the Pentagon calls for a massive increase in drone production, additive manufacturing is moving from the lab to the front lines and scaling up for production. The director of America Makes explains why this moment could finally "unlock" the technology's full potential.
This hybrid solid-state manufacturing method bypasses laser-melting limitations to slash production lead times for complex aerospace components.
Belfast start-up Vikela is reimagining body armor with 3D printing to create customizable, lightweight, and versatile protection.
Alongside the compact MJF 1200 hardware, HP’s new 3D printing portal powered by Craftcloud offers instant, professional MJF parts to everyone—even those without a printer.
Start-ups aim to improve safety and comfort for soldiers with 3D printed helmet padding technology.
Forget stationary tripods and GPS limits: Artec 3D’s first SLAM-based mobile mapping system delivers rapid digital twins of almost any environment.
By coordinating 100 lasers across a massive 3,050 mm build plate, this ultra-large-format system for titanium, aluminum, steel and more, eliminates the need for welding rocket thrusters or structural aerospace parts.
U.S.-based space manufacture Momentus opted not to just buy 3D printers from Velo3D, it saw a much bigger opportunity.
Velo3D and Army engineers will begin printing and validating alternative spare parts for the U.S. Army Tank and Automotive Command (TACOM) supply chain to relieve current sustainment bottlenecks.
Experiencing delays in replacement parts or challenges due to discontinued critical components? Follow the example of the US Coast Guard.
El Paso Makes is launching a cloud-based engineering platform to bridge the digital divide, providing regional small-to-medium manufacturers with the secure, high-tier tools required to modernize the U.S. Defense Industrial Base.
How a specialized four-person team at Robins AFB is leveraging 3D printing and reverse engineering to manufacture critical metal components that are no longer in production.
The aerospace leader's new technique prints features directly into satellite structures, a move that drastically simplifies manufacturing and shaves six months off delivery times.
A German government report says the military doesn't have spare part design data or manufacturing rights, but is buying 3D printers anyway.
The U.S. military's growing additive manufacturing capability may soon be put into action producing myriad spare parts to boost force readiness.