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Weekly DigestOCT 251 min read

AM Weekly · Week 43: US defense AM funding goes to qualification and distributed logistics: America Makes $12.4M MIAMI, Automation Alley $7.5M, 3D Systems Littleton

Supply-side capital formation connects Jingye Future Smart Manufacturing’s planned $700M site, VMP’s CNY 100M Series C+, and Zhongyuan Advanced Materials’.

Weekly DigestOCT 181 min read

AM Weekly · Week 42: Medyssey, Myrava and Providence received FDA 510(k) clearances for AM medical devices

Capital intensity is the applicable pattern: 6K Additive’s up to $27.4 million EXIM financing, Vilory’s RMB 100 million Series C+, Amaero’s approximately $20 million.

Weekly DigestOCT 41 min read

AM Weekly · Week 40: Militaries adopted AM for parts repair and sustainment: Titomic at Tinker AFB, Zetamix aboard Charles de Gaulle, and the Republic of Korea Army

Defense procurement gravity is visible in three sustainment programs: Titomic’s $5M U.S.

Weekly DigestSEP 201 min read

AM Weekly · Week 39: European and US defense primes and suppliers add in-house metal AM capacity for missiles, submarines, and aircraft sustainment

Vertical integration into qualified defense production is accelerating as Kongsberg ordered two EOS/AMCM multi-laser LPBF systems for missile and aerostructure work.

Weekly DigestSEP 131 min read

AM Weekly · Week 37: US Army and defense primes placed new metal AM production orders

Defense procurement gravity is visible in three named contracts this week: IperionX's second U.S.

Weekly DigestAUG 91 min read

AM Weekly · Week 32: Defense AM Qualification Programs Expanded Across LPBF and DED

Vertical integration into qualification infrastructure is accelerating as America Makes commits $19.5M across Delta Qual 2.0 and JAQS-SQ to lower the switching cost.

Weekly DigestAUG 21 min read

AM Weekly · Week 31: Defense-driven AM production orders and facility expansions accelerate across US, Saudi Arabia, and Korea

Defense-driven procurement is shifting from exploratory pilots to foundational supply-chain reliance as multi-unit orders and facility expansions take root across.

Weekly DigestJUL 121 min read

AM Weekly · Week 28: Defense-driven AM production wave reaches scale with several large system orders

Two multi-system defense orders in July 2026, a 30,000-ton Chinese filament expansion, and EOS pairing with Constellium for qualified aluminium alloys together.

Weekly DigestJUN 211 min read

AM Weekly · Week 25: Defense-Driven Metal AM Production Capacity Expands Across Multiple Verticals

The vertical integration pattern is visible as Beehive Industries commits $50 million for 30 EOS M4 Onyx machines to internalize drone engine production.

Weekly DigestJUN 141 min read

AM Weekly · Week 24: Capital Market Expansion for Specialty and Desktop AM Hardware

The capital market's validation of specialty AM hardware is a clear signal of aggregation, with Nano Dimension's $250M acquisition of Essentium and Fabric8Labs' $70M.

Weekly DigestJUN 71 min read

AM Weekly · Week 23: Aerospace and defense programs adopt structural and propulsion additive manufacturing

The vertical integration of additive manufacturing into aerospace propulsion and structural programs is accelerating as prime contractors and government agencies.

Weekly DigestMAY 311 min read

AM Weekly · Week 22: Defense industrial sector scales AM serial production

Defense industrial sector scaling of AM serial production represents a capital intensity pattern, as industrial players and defense OEMs transition from experimental.

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