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H3X, a company building the lightest electric propulsion systems for aviation and the urban air mobility market, officially released its latest product, the HPDM-30. This is a 33kW integrated motor drive that weighs only 4.1 kg and features a 3D printed synergistic cooling jacket, optimized for weight reduction via DfAM.…
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Some things, many things, have changed significantly since the last major aerospace show. For better or worse, air traffic, commercial aircraft demand, growth of the commercial space industry, VTOLs and eVTOLs have undergone some radical changes. One major change in additive manufacturing for aerospace is that many more adopters are…
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Aidro, a pioneer in the volume production of next-generation hydraulic and fluid power systems through metal additive manufacturing (AM) and a subsidiary of Desktop Metal (NYSE: DM), has become a qualified supplier of aluminum flight parts for leading aerospace, defense, and security company Leonardo through its helicopters division. Aidro is…
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As US Army Production Engineer Mallory Smith James reported (with an excellent in-depth analysis of AM for defense production applications, published on the US Army’s official online portal), the US Army’s Aviation Turbine Engines Project Office (ATE PO) selected General Electric’s T901 turboshaft engine to replace the T700 family of…
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Gravity Industries have partnered with Ricoh 3D in their mission to make human flight possible, and soon the companies will once again blend creativity and innovation with the power of 3D printing and polypropylene to bring Gravity’s next ambition, the Gravity Electric Suit, to life. Gravity Industries, a company that…
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