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Why are Aerospace & Defense Companies Embracing Additive Manufacturing?

TBMG-47209

12/01/2022

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It’s no longer a question of when metal additive manufacturing (AM)—and particularly metal laser powder-bed fusion (LPBF)—will become an accepted, reliable production technology, particularly in aerospace and defense. This is already the case now. Over the past 18 months a host of aerospace leaders, OEMs, startups, and contract manufacturers (CMs) alike have purchased, or begun outsourcing work to, advanced AM systems. They’re confidently producing end-use, 3D-printed parts—and sometimes entire rocket engines.

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"Why are Aerospace & Defense Companies Embracing Additive Manufacturing?," Mobility Engineering, December 1, 2022.
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Dec 1, 2022
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TBMG-47209
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English