additive manufacturing
Nikon snaps up Boeing-backed supplier of 3D-printed satellite parts
Japanese camera maker Nikon has acquired a controlling stake in U.S. startup Morf3D, an aerospace supplier that has produced 3D-printed hardware for Boeing satellites and helicopters.
Improving Space Operations Workshop 2021 (ISOW 2021)
Space Operations Professional,
You are invited to attend the Improving Space Operations Workshop…
Improving Space Operations Workshop 2021 (ISOW 2021)
Space Operations Professional,
You are invited to attend the Improving Space Operations Workshop…
Improving Space Operations Workshop 2021 (ISOW 2021)
Space Operations Professional,
You are invited to attend the Improving Space Operations Workshop…
Orbex commissions 3D printer capable of producing 35+ rocket engines a year
On the heels of raising $24 million in December, Orbex announced Feb. 24 that it has commissioned AMCM to build a large-volume 3D printer for manufacturing its rocket engines.
Swissto12 and Thales Alenia Space turn to 3D printing for communications satellite parts
SWISSto12 is working with Thales Alenia Space to expand the use of additively manufactured parts for geostationary communications satellites.
Made In Space highlights defense applications for manufacturing and robotic assembly technology
Made In Space is underscoring national security applications for its in-space robotic assembly and additive manufacturing technologies at the annual Small Satellite Conference.
Made In Space to launch commercial recycler to space station
Made In Space announced plans Oct. 21 to send a plastic recycling facility to the International Space Station on a Northrop Grumman commercial cargo resupply flight scheduled for early November.
NASA Administrator and Made In Space CEO share vision for on-orbit manufacturing, assembly
For nine years, Made In Space executives and engineers have shared their vision for a future when satellites, solar arrays and large antennas are manufactured in orbit. During an Aug. 26 tour, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine clearly endorsed that vision.
NASA awards $73.7 million to Made In Space for orbital demonstration
NASA awarded a $73.7 million contract to Made In Space to additively manufacture beams on the Archinaut One satellite scheduled to launch in 2022.
Sandvik looks to industry to identify space applications for diamond composite
The Swedish engineering firm Sandvik is looking for space applications for the 3D-printed diamond composite it unveiled at a recent additive manufacturing conference.
Made In Space unveils small satellite interferometry tool
Made In Space proposes equipping small satellites with technology to manufacture in orbit a 20-meter optical boom interferometer with a modular internal optics bench the firm developed with Lowell Observatory.
Additive machines prompt companies to throw out the rule books
Space system engineers, who once saw additive manufacturing as a way to trim the size and weight of conventional components, are beginning to see its true potential.
SSL additively expands additive manufacturing from brackets to antenna towers
With four more of its satellites launched between July 22 and Sept. 25, Space Systems Loral now has more than 1,000 additively manufactured parts in orbit on 15 spacecraft.
Lockheed Martin extends additive manufacturing to key spacecraft components
Lockheed Martin’s Additive Design and Manufacturing Center in Sunnyvale, California, where the company produces military, commercial and civil space technology, attained a comprehensive safety certification.
