The initial Series D round was completed earlier in the year, but fundraising was extended due to ‘strong interest in accelerating development on several future programmes.’
Rocket engine and motor manufacturer Ursa Major has developed a process which leans on additive manufacturing and a product-agnostic tooling system to rapidly produce multiple scalable solid rocket motors (SRM).
The machine has been qualified under the European space protocol ECSS-Q-ST-70-80 C and is said to have met the technical requirements for some of the most challenging applications in the Thales ecosystem.
Contract manufacturing firm Valiant Products is using a Velo3D Sapphire XC metal 3D printing system to produce mission critical aerospace parts. The company has also joined Velo3D’s contract manufacturing network.
The round was led by Hexagon AB, who invested 100 million USD into the company in January 2023, and included participation from new and existing institutional and family office investors.
The industrial gases leader says its bespoke gas mixture ADDvance Laser230 and oxygen control system ADDvance O2 precision will be used by the French aerospace company to test printed copper components for space.
Phase3D has commenced a technical collaboration phase 2 multi-year credo with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) that will focus on binder jetting technology.
Airbus Helicopters is to use 3D printing technology from TRUMPF to produce components for its helicopter vehicles and the aircraft of parent company Airbus.
3D printed rocket company Relativity Space has announced that it has signed a multi-year, multi-launch Launch Services Agreement (LSA) with Intelsat, operator of the largest integrated space and terrestrial network in the world.
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), in collaboration with NASA, have used 3D printing to develop the same kind of wheel as the design used by the space administration for its robotic lunar rover.
Intuitive Machines, Inc., a leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, today opened its Lunar Production and Operations Center. The centre represents a new lunar access capability for the US, NASA and global commercial partners.
