Defense

Metal

Sciaky to Deliver Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM) System to Burloak Technologies

The EBAM system will be used to 3D print large metal parts for aerospace, defense and other industries.

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EBM

Sciaky to Provide Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM) System to FAMAero

The custom EBAM system will be available to 3D print large metal parts for customers in aerospace, defense, oil & gas, and sea exploration industries.

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Materials

Solving a Materials Challenge in Soft Robotics

A team from the University of Minnesota and the Army Research Lab has developed processes for fully 3D printing soft dielectric elastomer actuators without postprocessing steps.

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Materials

Advanced Materials for Defense Summit Addresses Military Manufacturing

The July summit focuses on the strategic use of materials and manufacturing processes for Department of Defense logistics operations. 

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Composites

UAMMI to Produce 3D-Printed Parts for Air Force

The Utah Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Initiative has been awarded nearly $1 million to produce carbon composite 3D-printed parts for the Air Force.

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Software

Senvol Developing Machine Learning AM Software for U.S. Navy

The data-driven software analyzes the relationships between additive manufacturing process parameters and material performance.

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Production

Large-Format 3D Printer Builds Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Submarine

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has teamed up with the U.S. Navy to 3D print a demonstrator submarine hull for Navy SEALs application.

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Materials

An AM Voyage: Seeking Additive Manufacturing’s Next-Gen Metals for Ship-Based Repair

A research team at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering is using computational materials design to create new high-strength steels for the United States Navy.

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Basics

DoD Utility Identifies Military Legacy Parts That Make the Most Sense for AM

How can the military find the best candidates for additive manufacturing out of millions of service components? It can’t without human attention, but a sorting utility helps to reduce the number to a manageable size.

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Repair

U.S. Military Officers Cautiously Optimistic On AM for Repair Parts

The challenges of worldwide 3D printing by the military include confidence in AM processes and cybersecurity. The rewards of overcoming these will include improved affordability, improved repair capability and greater military readiness.

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