3D printed materials have come a long way in the last decade or so as printers have become more and more mainstream. Printers can use all kinds of different plastics with varying physical ...

Firehawk Aerospace recently conducted its first flight test of a 3D-printed Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) ...

A soldier from the Idaho Army National Guard fires a Javelin anti-tank missile. Colorado-based propulsion firm Ursa Major hopes its new method of 3D printing solid rocket motor cases could one day ...

In 2014, eight engineers started a secret project behind the walls of GE Aviation’s headquarters. Their challenge? Build an aircraft engine with 3D printing instead of traditional manufacturing. The ...

3D printing is a powerful tool for creating all kinds of stuff, but it has its limits. Hobbyist-focused machines that dispense melted plastic through a nozzle can only make parts that are so strong.

A Texas-based company has completed the inaugural flight test of a 3D-printed hybrid rocket engine system. The flight test, called GMLRS-class Firehawk Analog (GFA), demonstrated directional stability ...

One of these nine Rutherford engines used during the May 2022 There And Back Again mission could return to space later this year. Photo: Rocket Lab Reusability is the key to 21st century spaceflight, ...

New Zealand-based Rocket Lab has built a rocket engine that's not only 3D-printed -- it uses electric motors to drive the turbopumps. Michelle Starr Science editor Michelle Starr is CNET's science ...

The new John Deere tractors rolling off the manufacturing line in Mannheim, Germany, have a first for the company: a metal 3D-printed engine part. The global manufacturer of agricultural and turf ...

Researchers demonstrated the first fully 3D-printed, droplet-emitting electrospray engine. The low-cost device can be fabricated more quickly than traditional thrusters, potentially from on board a ...

Relativity Space stage 1 3D-printed rocket being installed at Cape Canaveral, Fla. If this summer's Terran1 launch from Cape Canaveral is a success, Relativity Space will be the first aerospace ...