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ORNL Origami Creates Large Foldable Structures
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is using a hybrid 3D printing method to make foldable panels. At the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) at ORNL, researchers turned…
ADDiTEC Demonstrates Material Freedom and Mission Readiness at JIFX 2026 with HYBRiD-X
At the Naval Postgraduate School‘s Joint Interagency Field Experimentation (JIFX) in May, ADDiTEC demonstrated how advanced manufacturing can support the future of defense sustainment through its HYBRiD-X expeditionary manufacturing platform….
Q5D and Molrix To Supply US Army With Harness Robots
Q5D Technologies and Molrix will offer their advanced harness production manufacturing units to the US Army. One production cell will be used for the SkyFoundry project, while two further systems…
NASA Selects Relativity Space for Mars Science Mission
NASA has selected Relativity Space as its commercial partner for a new Mars science mission scheduled for launch in 2028, giving another boost to one of the most well-known additive…
SPEE3D’s Steven Camilleri Proposes a National Resilience Test for Australia
In 1947, that fun-loving bunch, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, unveiled a concept called the Doomsday Clock, an attempt to measure how close humanity is to “a human-made global…
US Continues to Transfer Expeditionary 3D Printing Know-How to the Pacific
At this year’s Balikatan event, an annual joint exercise hosted by the Philippines military with participation from Western allies, the US military trained Filipino troops in expeditionary manufacturing enabled by…
As California Debates AB 2047, New York’s Law Targeting 3D Printed Guns Prepares to Take Effect
California’s controversial AB 2047 is still making its way through the state legislature. Meanwhile, in New York, lawmakers have already moved forward with similar restrictions for preventing the production of…
JAECOO to You Too: How China Works
You may be beset by a bewildering array of new Chinese cars. How can they all be viable? They can’t be, and this is the point. This is why so…
3D Printing News Briefs, June 13, 2026: Management Changes, Project Calls, & Wheelchairs
We’ll kick this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs off with some advisory board and management changes, and then move on to project call news. We’ll end with some heartwarming stories…
Why California’s 3D Printer Bill Worries the Industry: David Tobin Says “It Regulates a Tool, Not the Crime”
California’s AB 2047, a bill aimed at stopping the use of 3D printers to make firearms and illegal firearm parts, has passed the state Assembly and is now headed to…
3D Printing News Briefs, May 28, 2026: Continuous Fiber Reinforcement, Bioprinted Trachea, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, America Makes announced the winners of its JAQS-SQ Project Call. Axtra3D is partnering with Keystone Industries to expand its dental material ecosystem, while BigRep…
DoW Accelerates Drone Readiness with AMTrain Phase 2 Launch at Camp Lejeune
Equipping today’s warfighter with the most advanced technology is paramount, driving increased prioritization and investment in drone development and advanced manufacturing training within the Department of War (DoW). In this…
The Arsenal of Democracy is Empty: Enter SOUTHCOM’s Autonomous Warfare Command SAWC
One of the most important things to happen to the US Military in over a decade just happened: SOUTHCOM (The US’ Southern Command responsible for Central America, South America, and…
Australia’s AMCRC Lands AU$11M to Support First Five CORE Projects
The Australian government launched the Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (AMCRC) last year with a commitment of nearly AU$60 million (~$40 million) in public funding, with the AMCRC’s partners from…
Where the Money is Going, Part Two: Why All Roads Lead to AI
In Part One of this article, Vanesa Listek expertly described the major themes driving infrastructure investment so far this decade, illustrating how the same concerns are driving both public and…
3D Printing News Briefs, May 14, 2026: Project Calls, Reseller, Reconstructive Surgery, & More
We’re starting off today’s 3D Printing News Briefs with two new Project Calls from America Makes. We’ll move on to some more business, with Axtra3D expanding its presence in North…
AM & the Military’s Self-Infliction of Rapid Change
I’ve noted before that the additive manufacturing (AM) market for defense has started to evolve so quickly that it’s impossible to even keep track of all the updates in real…
DMG Mori Joins $10M Defense 3D Printing Program
To look at the Biden administration and the Trump administration that succeeded it and find areas of policy overlap is obviously a bit of a challenge. But such areas certainly…
3D Printing & Drone Dominance: Speed, Performance, and Derisking the Supply Chain
A shift is underway in drone manufacturing. Government programs like the U.S. Department of War’s Drone Dominance, a $1.1 billion effort to deliver low-cost, one-way attack (OWA) sUAS at scale,…
Fleet Readiness Centers, a Six-Month Metal AM Push, and Shifting Defense Procurement
As I wrote about earlier this month, the Trump administration has requested a record $1.5 trillion in Department of Defense (DoD) funding for FY 2027. In my post about what…
Death Spiral (or The End of the Fairchild Republic)
Previously, I wrote about the disruption of US military power. Since then, events have required a reassessment. The US is clearly in decline, and a death spiral is occurring that…
Former Spy/Congressman to Head New Federal Division at Construction 3D Printing Powerhouse ICON
Earlier this year, the Department of Defense (DOD) broke ground on its biggest additive construction (AC) project to date, aiming to complete ten new barracks at Texas’s Fort Bliss US…
Nikon AM Synergy Secures DLA Contract for On-Demand Military Parts
Nikon AM Synergy has gotten a DLA contract under the JAMA IV IDIQ Pilot Parts Program. The contract with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is a step forward for Nikon…
Beehive Gets $29.7 Million Contract
The US military is pivoting from a world where it fields a few exquisite craft to one where it can manufacture swarms of vehicles. Additive manufacturing at scale, along with…
