Refocusing Additive for Aerospace and Defense
At RAPID + TCT 2026 SME Media Editor-in-chief Steve Plumb sat down with Foster Ferguson, Vice President of Industrial Business for Stratasys.
At RAPID + TCT 2026 SME Media Editor-in-chief Steve Plumb sat down with Foster Ferguson, Vice President of Industrial Business for Stratasys.
Precision seals play a critical role in aerospace propulsion, quietly maintaining pressure and minimizing leakage in environments ranging from extreme heat to cryogenic temperatures as low as -400°F.
Aegis Aerospace Inc. and United Semiconductors LLC have joined forces to create the Aegis Advanced Materials Manufacturing Platform (AMMP), a first-of-its-kind commercial platform designed to produce semiconductor materials while orbiting Earth.
The workforce shortage in manufacturing is no secret — there have been countless articles discussing the issue, multiple programs introduced to attract new workers to the industry, and several initiatives aimed at making manufacturing jobs more appealing.
LIFT, which is the country's national advanced materials innovation institute, has officially kicked off three new projects. These projects are the result of an open call in 2024 for proposals that focused on advanced materials of interest to the Department of War (DoW) and how those could work with DOW components or systems.