Additive manufacturing company Optomec was awarded a $1 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to repair engine turbine parts.
Charles R. Goulding and Peter Favata take a look at where 3D printing may come into play alongside DOD-approved drones.
Charles R. Goulding and Adam Friedman examine the use of 3D printing in producing conformal antennas.
Researchers in the US military have developed a set of tests to determine the strength of 3D printed parts that could aid in future metal 3D printing quality control.
The great promise of 3D printing combined with innovative 3D design (such as generative design) is to reduce parts and material waste while creating geometry that surpasses the capability of traditional subtractive machining.
The US Air Force, in concert with scientists from Texas A&M University, developed a novel way of 3D printing the strongest type of steel.
SPEE3D is placing their supersonic 3D printer in the Australian military to test its ability to 3D print metal parts in remote locations.
Charles Goulding looks at developments in the submarine construction industry where there may be a big opening for 3D printing.
Could the coming huge increase in drone demand cause more opportunities for 3D printing?
Biofabrication gets a boost with a successful pilot program in an austere environment.
Certifying parts for 3D printing remains a relatively new practice for the military, and nonstructural parts are first in focus.
3D Systems and the US Army have signed a $15 million contract to develop the “largest, fastest, most precise” metal 3D printer yet.
We learned something very interesting about the LulzBot TAZ 6.
The US Military has devised a unique method of 3D printing a surface resistant to shock waves.
A new program is launching to further the integration of additive manufacturing in the supply chain for the US Army.
Almost a year after introducing their new 3D printed helmets, the Swiss Guard are donning them for service.
‘Tis the season to celebrate the best of 3D printing.
The US Navy is now testing a 3D printed part on one of their carriers, and this shows the enormous hill 3D printing has yet to climb.
This week’s selection is “Operational Cybersecurity Risks and Their Effect on Adoption of Additive Manufacturing in the Naval Domain” by the US Government.
An amusing story on Military.com got me thinking about how industry uses – or doesn’t use 3D printing.
An incredible story with a 3D printing angle took place last week.
The US Department of Defense has been using 3D printing in an unusual manner.
3D-printed drones are a point of fascination within the United States military.
It was inevitable: the military has developed a kind of mobile 3D print workshop.
After yesterday’s story about how the US Navy has been literally 3D printing submarines, I had a thought about the future of war.
The US Navy has 3D printed an entire submersible vehicle!
There’s been a bit of a buzz around the US Army’s announcement of an almost fully-3D printed grenade launcher, but really it’s just an experiment.
The US Army is conducting a test to investigate whether it is feasible to design and 3D print highly specific drone designs for specific missions.
A semi-mysterious entity has made some investments into 3D printing startups on behalf of the US intelligence community.
According to a post on KyivPost, a robotics lab has been 3D printing drones. For the war in Ukraine.
The July/August 2014 issue of Army Technology’s focus is 3D printing. We took a look through the issue to see what they’re up to.
3D Systems has announced its role in the US Marine Corps Expeditionary Logistics Wargame VIII (ExLog).
Motherboard reports the US army has been investigating use of 3D printing to optimize warhead design.
Army researchers are investigating ways to incorporate 3-D printing technology into producing food for Soldiers.
3D Systems Corporation announced that its Paramount advanced manufacturing team has received a $2.95M award to transition specially engineered materials and the company’s Selective Laser
In Afghanistan the US Army has deployed the first of several USD$2.8M mobile prototyping labs. These container-sized labs house 3D printers and CNC machines capable
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Welcome to Fabbaloo, one of the world’s oldest online news sources for 3D printing news. We’ve been in operation since 2007, where we first started examining the state of 3D printers. These devices are now relatively common among some circles in today’s world, but years ago it was extremely rare to see a 3D printer or even a 3D printed object.
At that time it was challenging to find any 3D printing news, so we decided to make our own site that covered 3D printer news, and even associated technologies like 3D scanning and 3D modeling. Today it is common to find 3D printers in schools, workshops and makerspaces, and you probably have been using 3D printed objects without even knowing they were 3D printed.
Today’s industry has finally taken up the challenge by installing thousands of industrial 3D printers, each producing previously impossible 3D printed parts that make today’s society far more efficient. The aerospace industry in particular has been producing many 3D printed parts, some even for flight critical purposes.
If you want to learn about 3D printers, then there’s no better place than Fabbaloo’s 3D printer news to see the latest happenings.
