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Metal Additive Makes Waves Across Industries

The wide-ranging applications and industries associated with such applications are the result of ongoing improvements in metal AM technology via its hardware and software.

Dyndrite Team Picked for America Makes AI Initiative

June 4, 2026 · Project is related to a $2 million America Makes initiative focused on accelerating qualification and reducing testing burden for LPBF-produced 17-4PH stainless steel through AI-driven risk modeling and statistically informed material allowables development

America Makes Shares Winners of $2M Project Call

June 4, 2026 · The objective of the project call is to develop an AI-driven framework to identify and quantify risk in the current material allowables approach for 17-4PH stainless steel (H1025) produced by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF).

Additive Assurance Brings In-Process QA to RAPID + TCT 2026

April 15, 2026 · AMiRIS is designed to create usable evidence that Quality, Operations, and Certification stakeholders can act on, trace, and defend, according to Additive Assurance.

Velo3D Given $9.8 Million Department of War Contract

April 1, 2026 · The contract establishes a flexible, rapid vehicle to acquire additively manufactured components for the nation's largest military logistics agency.

Additive Assurance Brings In-Process QA to RAPID + TCT

March 27, 2026 · At RAPID + TCT, Additive Assurance will show how AMiRIS moves the conversation beyond generic “monitoring” toward assurance that supports decisions.

Dyndrite Launches $10K Student Grant Competition

March 3, 2026 · Leader-level sponsorship and $10,000 LPBF research competition underscore Dyndrite’s investment in software-defined metal AM, company reports.

Nikon SLM Solutions Gets Second Order From US Naval Shipbuilder

February 4, 2026 · Order strengthens HII's advanced manufacturing capabilities in support of U.S. Navy shipbuilding and the Maritime Industrial Base. 

Precision Additive Launches AI-Powered LPBF 3D Metal Printer

January 29, 2026 · The laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) printer is designed to produce high-quality, qualification-ready components for defense, aerospace, energy, medical, and other applications requiring U.S.-based manufacturing. 

Dyndrite Integrates with EOS Open Architecture

November 24, 2025 · By harnessing EOS’s Build Plan and Toolpath API, Dyndrite LPBF Pro—combined with nLIGHT’s beam shaping laser technology, this delivers advanced vector-level control, toolpath optimization, and automation.

Metal Additive Makes Waves Across Industries

November 18, 2025 · The wide-ranging applications and industries associated with such applications are the result of ongoing improvements in metal AM technology via its hardware and software.

Velo3D Integrates Dyndrite LPBF Pro into Open Platform

October 1, 2025 · Integration of Dyndrite LPBF Pro gives users direct vector-level control of laser speeds and feeds, Velo3D reports.

Jax State, EOS Partner to Create Additive Manufacturing Coursework

September 24, 2025 · The partnership gives Jax State access to industrial-grade AM training as part of the university’s focus on advanced manufacturing technologies.

Nikon Advanced Manufacturing Teams Up With U.S. Navy

September 15, 2025 · This initiative is intended to help the MIB Program fund placement of its first ultra-large format Nikon SLM Solutions’ NXG 600E laser-powder bed fusion (L-PBF) metal additive manufacturing (AM) machine in the Nikon Long Beach facility.

Velo3D Participates in U.S. Army Program-Funded Initiative

August 26, 2025 · For this initiative, Velo3D is collaborating with RTX and Raytheon Technologies Research Center.

Dyndrite, Ursa Major Sign Deal to Power Rocket Engines

July 22, 2025 · Ursa Major to adopt Dyndrite LPBF Pro software for AM materials and process development, part qualification, and more, Dyndrite reports.

America Makes Announces Open Topics in AM Project Call

May 27, 2025 · AM repairs for sustainment methods will include technologies such as directed energy deposition (DED) and cold spray.

EOS Granted LPBF Training Contract by U.S. Navy

May 8, 2025 · The U.S. Navy’s Maritime Industrial Base Program, in partnership with BlueForge Alliance, has funded the EOS Additive Minds Academy to train the MIB suppliers in laser powder bed fusion process chain.

America Makes Shares Project Call Worth $5M in Funding

May 1, 2025 · America Makes reports that it is seeking the most mature, near-commercial NDI technologies ready for real-world implementation.

Elementum 3D Assists NASA HUNCH Program

April 3, 2025 · The additive manufacturing (AM) project challenges high school students to design and present innovative AM designs to solve real-world product development.

Dyndrite and Elementum3D Launch Method To 3D Print Metal Components

March 14, 2025 · PermiAM, soon accessible through Dyndrite’s LPBF Pro software, enables LPBF engineers to 3D print to different parameter strategies within different volumes of the same part, companies report.


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