3D Printing
7th European Congress & Business Expo on Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
7th European Congress & Business Expo on Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
May 06-07, 2019, London, UK
Mechanical Engineering conferences 2019 | Aerospace Engineering Conferences 2019 | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering …
Navy’s 3D printing project promises big payoffs for aerospace and defense manufacturing
The aerospace industry is making huge investments in additive manufacturing but producing parts that can pass quality tests in government programs, for instance, remains a challenge.
Satellite Innovation
Satellite Innovation is the most significant satellite show the west coast has ever seen. Jam-packed sessions full of significant content are peppered with Silicon Valley Innovators leveraging today’s latest technology into the SatCom markets. …
New version of Aerojet’s RL10 upper-stage engine to be almost entirely 3D printed
Years of Pentagon and NASA investments in nontraditional manufacturing technology appear to be paying off as government contractors step up the use of 3D printed components in space systems.
Made In Space proposes printing large solar arrays for small satellites
Made In Space, the Silicon Valley startup focused on additive manufacturing in orbit, plans to boost the power available to small satellites with Archinaut, the company’s in-space manufacturing and assembling technology.
Printing the next generation of rocket engines
For the last several years, aerospace companies have been examining ways to use additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, to aid the production of rocket engines.
MilSatCom USA 2018
As the leading meeting in the US, MilSatCom USA 2018 will provide the perfect platform to identify and explore next-generation SatCom capabilities for future military programmes.
With the National Defence Authorization Act 2018; promising …
SmallSat Symposium
The SmallSat Symposium is the undisputed Business and Finance Conference for Small Satellites.
World leaders and experts unlock the knowledge required to leverage smallsat innovation and cutting-edge technology into next generation solution…
FAA prepares guidance for wave of 3D-printed aerospace parts
“Three to four years ago, none of my peers believed we would see additive manufacturing of safety-critical parts,” the FAA’s chief scientific and technical adviser for fatigue and damage tolerance said Oct. 19 at the Additive Aerospace conference in Los Angeles.
ASRC 3D prints fuel injector prototype for RD-180 successor
ASRC of Beltsville, Md., has test fired a subscale propellant injector built via additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, paving the way for a version that will be able to support whichever engine United Launch Alliance chooses to replace the Russian-built RD-180 on the Atlas 5 rocket.
Lockheed Leaning on 3-D Printing To Bring Tank Work In-house
Lockheed Martin Space Systems could eventually replace satellite propellant tanks now built by longtime partner Orbital ATK with 3-D-printed tanks Lockheed would build in-house.
Op-ed | Open Source: A New Direction for Space
Open source is software or hardware universally accessible and intended to be freely used, shared and improved. The impact on space exploration is in two main places: the use of open source technology and the development of open source systems.
3-D Printer on Space Station Makes Its First Part
The international space station’s 3-D printer has produced its first part, ushering in what proponents hope will be a new age of off-Earth manufacturing.
