Defense
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Last week, Australian metal additive manufacturing company Titomic announced the retirement of its Chairman, Philip Vafiadis. The company’s founder, Jeff Lang, was appointed as Interim Executive Chairman, but it seems his temporary tenure won’t last long. Titomic has already appointed its next Chairman: Dr. Andreas Schwer, a specialist in the…
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A U.S. Air Force program led by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) is leveraging Senvol’s data-driven machine learning software for additive manufacturing to develop a methodology for demonstrating the viability of multi-laser AM systems for flight applications. Specifically, the Senvol ML…
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The joint program by the MoD’s Flight Technologies Department, part of the Directorate for Defense Research and Development, and IAI has seen the production of the SkysPrinter UAV and a successful test flight – Defense intelligence website Janes exclusively reported. The electrically powered UAV was made from 26 parts 3D…
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Phillips Corporation, Federal Division, a leading service provider and distributor of machines and ancillary equipment to the United States Federal Government, has executed a Public Private Partnership Agreement (“P3”) to support the Army Center of Excellence for Advanced Manufacturing (“CoE”) at the Rock Island Arsenal-Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center. The…
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A senior design engineer from GE Additive has come up with a remarkably low-cost and simple 3D printed face mask that has already been adopted across the U.S. Navy to protect its troops and personnel across the world. The mask consists of a 3D printed frame, which is fitted with…
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The United States Army Aviation and Missile Command is collaborating with a team from Wichita State University to implement digital twin technology for the upkeep and maintenance of its Black Hawk helicopter fleet. The partnership, which also includes the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR), will consist of producing a…
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Ohio-based metal AM company Open Additive has been awarded a 27-month Air Force Commercial Readiness Program (CRP) contract worth $2.94 million to industrialize and scale its large-format laser powder bed fusion metal additive manufacturing technology. The CRP contract, called Open Systems Platform for Multi-Laser Additive Manufacturing, is sponsored by the…
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A collaboration between the U.S. Air Force, GE Additive and GE Aviation focused on the acceleration of metal additive manufacturing for the sustainment and operation of aircraft has reached a significant milestone. The partners recently initiated Phase 1 of the joint program, and have already 3D printed a metal sump…
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America Makes, the United States’ national additive manufacturing institute, has launched its latest Project Call, called Additive for eXtreme Improvement in Optical Mounts (AXIOM). The new project call aims to support the U.S. Air Force’s continued advancement through the development of high-precision optical components used in sensors, space systems and…
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has partnered with Australia-based Conflux Technology on the development of a heat exchanger. The part is being developed using a metal additive manufacturing process for possible integration onto GA-ASI’s line of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS). Conflux Technology is an additive manufacturing applications company…
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