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Nasdaq-listed launch and space systems company Rocket Lab Corporation and global satellite network operator Iridium Communications have signed a definitive agreement for Rocket Lab to acquire Iridium, valuing Iridium shares…Rocket Lab to Buy Iridium in New Deal, Forming Vertically Integrated Space Company

Google is opening up its newest wearable to the maker community, releasing hardware blueprints for the Fitbit Air just weeks after its launch and inviting owners to design and 3D…Google Opens Up the Fitbit Air for DIY 3D Printed Customization

Italian additive manufacturer Valland, together with the Politecnico di Torino, the Politecnico di Bari, and the Fontana Group, has confirmed under Italy’s Accordi per l’Innovazione-backed ToZero project that recycled automotive…Valland’s ToZero Project Turns Scrap Into 3D Printable Metal

In additive manufacturing for space hardware, the parts easiest to print are often the hardest to certify. A forging and a weld seam unified into one printed piece sounds like…AMAA 2026: Northrop’s Single Piece Tanks Created a New Certification Challenge

A new flight test vehicle from the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) shows what happens when AI, supercomputing, and 3D printing get folded into a single design…NNSA Unveils Aires Tide, Its First AI-Designed Flight Vehicle Under the Genesis Mission

Designer Rameshwari Jonnalagedda has created Minimal Matter, a system of 3D printed terracotta components built around the mathematics of minimal surfaces, the same geometric principles found in soap films, leaf…Rameshwari Jonnalagedda Builds 3D Printed Terracotta Modules Designed to Be Colonized by Nature

In additive manufacturing (AM) in aerospace and defense, documentation overhead is one of the most persistent barriers to getting parts into production. Boeing was sitting on a substantial backlog of…AMAA 2026: Authentise Targets Technical Data Package Bottleneck with AI-Driven Workflow Tool

There’s a jig sitting in a drawer at most aerospace and automotive shops. Making it meant calling a machinist, waiting weeks, and paying for a block of aluminum to be…Unsupervised, Strong, and Scalable: The New Era of Factory-Floor 3D Printing

When a warship cannot leave port because a decades-old part no longer exists anywhere in the supply chain, the daily cost to the taxpayer is in millions. The UK Ministry…AMAA 2026: Why the UK MOD Is Betting Big on AM

The UK’s Submarine Delivery Group, part of the Defence Nuclear Enterprise, has moved additive manufacturing from experimental tool to frontline maintenance capability, deploying on-site 3D printing workshops at HM Naval…The Royal Navy’s Additive Manufacturing Push for Submarine Readiness