USAF C-17 Flew With ISF Nose Panel After One-Off Supply Failure
The immediate problem was not damage assessment. It was manufacturing economics. A storm-damaged C-17 needed a replacement left nose panel,…
Materials & Manufacturing
America Makes Selects 25 Teams to Standardize Metal Additive Supplier Qualification
A repeatable metal additive manufacturing process requires more than a capable machine. Production managers must control the process, document how…
GE Aerospace Links Powder, Machines and Inspection to Stabilize GE9X Blade Production
A GE9X low-pressure turbine blade begins as more than a digital geometry file. Its production depends on titanium aluminide powder…
NIST’s Looping Laser Paths Improve Alloy Mixing, but Qualification Remains Open
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed custom software that sends a metal 3D printer’s laser…
Stoke Space Adds Five Metal Printers After Reporting Above 90% Utilization
Stoke Space became the first beta user of Additive Industries’ MetalFab 420K in May 2025 and subsequently ordered five additional…
Peak’s California Factory Will Test Whether Passive Cooling Offsets Bulkier Batteries
Colorado-based Peak Energy announced in July that it plans to open a $71 million sodium-ion battery factory near Sacramento in…
Pratt & Whitney F135 Case Project Pushes Large-Scale Metal Additive
Pratt & Whitney and GKN Aerospace have signed a technology development agreement to test a difficult manufacturing question with real…
Self-Healing Aircraft Composites Still Face a Hard Certification Path
Recently, the topic of self-healing composites became once again relevant for aerospace technologies for an obvious reason the primary mode…
U.S. Precision Machining Faces New Tooling and Abrasives Pressure
The precision machining is associated with spindle accuracy, thermal stability, software of machine tool and ability to maintain extreme tolerances….
Army Evaluates CF3D for Repeatable Missile Composite Production
A new Continuous Composites program for the US Army is trying to answer a manufacturing question much more significant than…
Phase3D targets volume metal AM inspection with standardized production
Phase3D is going through a transition period in relation to the operations connected to the metal additive inspection business. Namely,…
Massivit Pushes RapidWings Into U.S. Composite Tooling Workflows
Massivit is expanding beyond selling large-format additive machines and towards providing manufacturing services with its RapidWings platform for composite tooling…
UNISIG Expands Wisconsin Tech Center for Deep-Hole Process Validation
UNISIG is opening an expanded Tech Center in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, with updated facilities and more than $1 million worth…
Rheinmetall’s Mobile Smart Factory Brings Field-Ready 3D Printing
At a European Defence Agency event, Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH unveiled a mission support concept designed to address one of the…
Stimuli-Responsive Functional Molecular Liquids Explained
Advances in soft materials are reshaping the design of next-generation devices, particularly where flexibility, adaptability, and high performance intersect. Functional…
EU Innovation Fund Spurs Net-Zero and EV Battery Advances
The European Commission’s Innovation Fund 2024 calls closed on 24 April, drawing an unprecedented 373 project proposals aimed at accelerating…
3D Printing Homes on Earth and the Moon
In Austin, Texas, a construction site hums without hammers or saws. Instead, a robotic nozzle extrudes layers of concrete, building…
Bone-Like Hydrogel Boosts Robotics and Sensor Performance
Hydrogels have long been valued for their elasticity, but their relatively low mechanical strength has limited applications in demanding environments….