Advanced TechnologyCollins Reveals $14M Expansion of Additive Manufacturing Facility Last week, Collins Aerospace celebrated a 9,000-square-foot expansion of its additive manufacturing facility. The site is located in West Des Moines, Iowa. The $14 million expansion of the facility will enable the…
CommercialBoeing Invests In Fourth 3D-Printing Shop this Year: Digital Alloys Boeing, through its investment subsidiary HorizonX Ventures, participated in the $12.9 million series B funding round of Digital Alloys, a Massachusetts-based additive manufacturing company. Digital Alloys' Joule printing technology can rapidly combine…
CommercialBoeing Pursues 3-D-Printing Protection with Assembrix Pact Boeing signed an agreement with Israeli company Assembrix Ltd., enabling it to use Assembrix software to manage and protect intellectual property shared with vendors during design and manufacturing. Assembrix's software will enable…
CommercialBoeing Bolsters Morf3d's 3-D-Printing Efforts with HorizonX Investment Boeing is investing in additive engineering company Morf3D through its HorizonX Ventures subsidiary. Since Morf3D was established in late 2015, the company has produced 3-D-printed titanium and aluminum components for Boeing satellites and…
CommercialBoeing Enlists Oerlikon for 3-D-Printed Plane Parts Boeing says it has around 50,000 parts flying today that were created via 3-D printing. Through a five-year pact with Swiss technology group Oerlikon, it hopes to increase that number. 3-D printing,…
CommercialA350 XWB Gets a 3-D-Printed Part In what engineering and manufacturing company Arconic claims is a “first,” Airbus has installed a 3-D-printed titanium bracket on a series production of Airbus commercial aircraft. Arconic is printing parts for the…
CommercialFrom Biofuels to 3-D Printing, Aviation Is Going Green The aviation industry is rapidly expanding, particularly within the Middle East and Asia Pacific. In fact, China alone is projected to overtake the U.S. as the world’s leading aerospace market by 2024.…
MilitaryUS Navy Fleet Readiness Center 3D-Prints Its First Aircraft Component If an original equipment manufacturer is out of a part that is needed in a maintenance, repair and overhaul task, 3D printing could be a solution. At least that’s what Fleet Readiness Center…