RapidFlight Buys Up Local Motors’ IP Portfolio
RapidFlight, a Virginia-based unmanned aircraft manufacturing company, has made a strategic move by acquiring the intellectual property (IP) portfolio of Local Motors. This... read more »
Aerospace
3D printing in the aerospace industry.
MagLev Aero Partners with GE Additive to Revolutionize Quiet Flight
MagLev Aero, a company specializing in aero propulsion for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, has partnered with GE Additive's AddWorks consultancy... read more »
GKN Aerospace and Materialise Forge Letter of Intent to Drive AM in Aviation
GKN Aerospace and Materialise have signed a letter of intent (LOI) at the Paris Air Show to collaborate on advancing additive manufacturing (AM)... read more »
MIT Uses 3D Printing to Create Megawatt Electric Aircraft Motor
MIT researchers have unveiled a breakthrough in electric motor design that could pave the way for electrifying larger aircraft, and its lightweight structure... read more »
DBT Aero’s 3D Printed Drone with Double Box Tail Technology Takes Flight
DBT Aero, a rising star in the aircraft industry, recently showcased its groundbreaking Double Box Tail (DBT) technology with the successful test flight... read more »
PTC Reveals 3D Printed Jet Engine
PTC has recently showcased a groundbreaking achievement in additive manufacturing at the LiveWorx 2023 event. They unveiled a “fully additively manufactured jet engine”,... read more »
New Toolhead Enables Aerospace Composite 3D Printing
Researchers from CEAD, GKN Aerospace Deutschland, and the Technical University of Munich have developed a new printhead for Advanced Tape Layer Additive Manufacturing... read more »
Aussie Company to 3D Print Space Plane
Australian startup Hypersonix Launch Systems, based in Brisbane, has partnered with Rocket Lab USA for the first test launch of its 3D printed... read more »
Texas to Welcome AM Center for Aerospace Research
GKN Aerospace is set to strengthen its position as an additive manufacturing technology leader by relocating its North America AM Center of Excellence... read more »
German-Australian Partnership to Develop Aerospace Heat Exchangers
Australian additive manufacturing company Conflux Technology is partnering with Germany-based Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) to develop and manufacture 3D printed aerospace heat exchangers.... read more »
Skyroot Aerospace Successfully Test Fires 3D Printed Rocket Motor
Indian private rocket manufacturer Skyroot Aerospace this week announced a successful test firing of its 3D printed cryogenic engine, Dhawan-II, for 200 seconds.... read more »
Red Cat Holdings Invests in 3D Printed Payload-Agnostic Drone
Red Cat Holdings, a prominent player in the drone technology sector, has made a significant financial investment in Firestorm, an American company developing... read more »
3D Printed Materials Experiment to be Mounted Outside International Space Station
L3Harris Technologies is partnering with Embry Riddle Aeronautical University to test 3D printed materials for use in satellites on the International Space Station... read more »
C-5M Super Galaxy Gets 3D Printed Thermoplastic Part Overhaul
The C-5M Super Galaxy, a large American military transport aircraft, has benefited from the addition of 3D printed plastic components after the usual... read more »
Dutch Company 3D Printing Drone Birds
The Drone Bird Company, a Dutch technology firm, has developed ultra-realistic Falcon-shaped drones using 3D printing technology. By utilizing additive manufacturing the company... read more »
3D Printing is An Enabling Technology for Hypersonic Flight
The aerospace industry is pushing the boundaries of 3D printing (and physics) with the development of hypersonic aircraft. Hypersonic aircraft are capable of... read more »
Engineer 3D Prints Bird Wings to Improve Stability in UAVs
A researcher at University of Central Florida is leading a three-year research project to study bird wings and their stability during airflow disturbances.... read more »
Ankit Aerospace 3D Printing SpaceX-style Grid Fins
Ankit Aerospace, an Indian firm, has announced that it will be using Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM) technology to 3D print grid fins... read more »
Agnikul Cosmos Completes Flight Acceptance Test of 3D Printed Engine
Chennai-based rocket start-up Agnikul Cosmos has announced that it has successfully completed the flight acceptance test of its 3D printed engine. The company... read more »
ASTM Publishes Two New Additive Manufacturing Standards for Metals and Aerospace
ASTM International, has recently published two new standards for additive manufacturing (AM) in collaboration with its AM committee (F42). The first standard (F3571)... read more »
