Collins Aerospace has announced the opening of the new centre at their campus in Monroe, North Carolina that has recently undergone a 30 million USD expansion.
BAE Systems Head of Additive Manufacturing talks to TCT about the application of 3D printing inside BAE, the key challenges the company is facing in deploying the technology, and how the Tempest aircraft programme is progressing.
Continuous Composites has been chosen by NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program to manufacture low Coefficient of Thermal Expansion open isogrid composite structures with its Continuous Fiber 3D printing technology.
Lufthansa Technik and Premium AEROTEC have announced a 3D printed metal component for the IAE-V2500 engine’s anti-icing system has received its official aviation certification from EASA.
Anisoprint has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nanoracks Space Outpost Europe which will see the 3D printing vendor adjust its Continuous Fiber technology for microgravity conditions.
Zortrax has announced that its X-PEEK 3D printing filament has been regulated in accordance with the European Space Agency’s (ESA) outgassing requirements.
The company, which develops efficient rockets and transfer vehicles to send small satellites to orbit, will utilise Solukon’s SFM-AT1000-S to automate excess metal powder removal from large-scale rocket parts.
