Additive manufacturing in the rocket propulsion industry is a huge opportunity. The process can achieve optimal design while keeping costs low. Private enterprises have become heavily involved in the space industry and when it...
August 10, Optomec Inc., a leader in production solutions for Metal Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printed Electronics, announced it has added 7000 series Aluminum to its growing list of qualified alloys for use in...
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), AERDC Division, has proactively worked with Intech Additive Solutions to manufacture the Gas Generator – Nozzle Guide Vane (GG-NGV) using 3D printing. Collaborations in data sharing, powder qualification, testing capabilities,...
laThe U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Rocket Systems Launch Program Office, a part of the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise at Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico, announced the on ramp of...
Tool-bound production limits innovation For centuries, tool-bound technologies such as casting, forging and sheet metal forming dominated the way we produce metal components. Across all industries from automotive to aerospace, medical, and consumer goods,...
A burst water main is always expensive and messy, but a pipe that fails in space can be mission-ending. That’s why NASA technologists work hard to make hardware as reliable as possible. Sometimes that...
Eric Gatlin wants to make additive manufacturing mundane. That may sound strange for someone who spearheads GE Aviation’s adoption of one of the most potentially transformative technologies in the production of aircraft parts. After...
June 15 2021, Launcher announced Orbiter, its universal orbital transfer vehicle and satellite platform designed to be compatible with both Launcher Light and SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare flights. Orbiter is interoperable with either launch...
June 8, 2021, Relativity Space, the first company to 3D print an entire rocket and build the largest metal 3D printers in the world, announced it closed a $650 million Series E equity funding...
May 15th, the Tianwen-1 Mars rover developed by the fifth institute of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation successfully landed on Mars, taking an important step in China’s interstellar exploration journey and realizing the...
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