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September 2, 2025 · Two-year contract award for Large-format Metal 3D Printer Advanced Technology Demonstrator.
August 11, 2025 · This contract, which started in November 2024, runs through August 2026.
November 14, 2023 · Demonstration of blue laser-based area printing marks milestone to develop scalable 3D printing manufacturing systems, Nuburu reports.
January 20, 2023 · The AFRL Grand Challenge involved selecting the most commercially promising technology for producing titanium metal powders from scrap titanium for use in additive manufacturing.
January 28, 2022 · Leveraging Additive for High Velocity Applications (LAVA) will help advance additive’s role in securing the domestic supply chain, America Makes reports.
October 19, 2021 · Project aims to advance domestic ability to make AM components for Aerospace and Defense High Mach Applications
June 2, 2021 · Project call focuses on five technical topics to boost development and deployment of innovative, energy-efficient AM technologies.
December 7, 2020 · Deadline moved to March 1, 2021.
November 19, 2020 · Ten project teams selected to help accelerate the adoption of additive manufacturing and meet needs of the supply chain.
October 14, 2020 · MAAM program aims to commercialize large additive manufacturing machine for production of large parts for industrial and defense usage.
August 25, 2020 · The challenge is a direct call-to-action to the AM industry to solve critical IP issues with a prize pool of $68,000.
July 24, 2020 · Goal is to innovate optical components using additive manufacturing.
July 21, 2020 · The goal of the Challenge Series was to improve the accuracy of model predictions for metal AM, using INCONEL nickel-chromium alloy 625.
January 17, 2020 · Submission deadline extended to January 31, 2020 .
November 27, 2019 · Goal of the AFRL AM Challenge Series is to predict the internal structure and resultant performance of metallic components produced by AM.
September 6, 2019 · UTEP, a long-standing member of America Makes since 2012, is also the home of America Makes' first Satellite Center.
July 2, 2019 · The base is using an industrial plastic printer to produce and fit parts to save time, costs
May 17, 2019 · Awarded project teams to develop and deploy innovative, cost-effective, and energy-efficient AM technologies for defense and commercial needs.
February 21, 2019 · The USAF is exploring how to leverage DLP 3D printing technology as a lean alternative to producing and inventorying legacy parts.
December 19, 2018 · Projects to develop an open source, multi-laser manufacturing research platform and more.
May 2026 Special Focus: Artificial Intelligence in Design and Simulation
In this Special Focus Issue, learn about the latest developments in the integration of artificial intelligence into engineering workflows.
Cut Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Hallucinations by 50%
Most teams hit the same wall with enterprise AI: LLMs that hallucinate, pipelines that don’t scale, and infrastructure that’s harder to design than the models themselves.
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