From Spare Parts to Strategic Advantage: How AM Is Reshaping Defense Readiness

By Jeff Elmer on Dec 09, 2025 08:30 am

When I talk with defense customers and partners about additive manufacturing, the conversation rarely starts with, "What can we print?" It usually starts with something like, "We can't get this part anymore." Across the Department...

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3DPOD 283: 3D Printed Suppressors with Sean Bernstein, Irregular Design Group

By Joris Peels on Dec 09, 2025 08:00 am

3D printed suppressors are one of the largest and fastest-growing applications in 3D printing. Our colleague Scott Dunham first wrote a report on suppressors in 2017, before the boom, and we released another in 2024....

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Registration Rates for Additive Manufacturing Strategies 2026 Increasing This Week

By Sarah Saunders on Dec 09, 2025 07:30 am

It may not seem like it, but February is right around the corner, and that means it’s almost time for our 9th annual Additive Manufacturing Strategies event. Returning to New York City February 24-26, 2026,...

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HII's NXG 600E Order Shows Why Nikon Dominates Large Defense AM Systems

By Joris Peels on Dec 09, 2025 07:00 am

Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) unit has ordered a Nikon SLM Solutions NXG 600E. HII is a $11 billion revenue shipbuilder that builds the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers and the Columbia-class...

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