NASA’s latest generation of 3D printed rocket engines is not just a materials experiment, it is a direct assault on the cost ...

Rocket engineering is shifting from painstaking machining and welding to a world where engines and tanks emerge from printers ...

3D printing is a powerful tool for creating all kinds of stuff, but it has its limits. Hobbyist-focused machines that dispense melted plastic through a nozzle can only make parts that are so strong.

Additive manufacturing leaders are focusing defense, helping the U.S. military move from 'futuristic visions' to ...

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(Nanowerk News) An electrospray engine applies an electric field to a conductive liquid, generating a high-speed jet of tiny droplets that can propel a spacecraft. These miniature engines are ideal ...

3D printed materials have come a long way in the last decade or so as printers have become more and more mainstream. Printers can use all kinds of different plastics with varying physical ...

Ever since SpaceX made reusability the most desirable trait of a spacefaring operation, all the companies working in this industry have shifted their attention toward making hardware that can fly to ...

Is it real? Well, yes and no. “While it’s not to scale, this 1.5 inch long model was made entirely from direct metal laser melting and required no assembly,” explains GE in another tweet. Does it work ...

The team has designed a series of heat-resistant, high-strength aluminum alloys using laser-based 3D manufacturing.

A plane crashed after a 3D-printed part softened and collapsed, causing its engine to lose power, a report has found. The ...

Aircraft parts generally have to meet very specific standards, because if certain parts fail, the aircraft falls out of the sky. This usually ends poorly, and is best avoided by using the proper ...