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Market InsightsAUG 57 min read

The Cheap Missile Isn't the Story. A Printed Airframe at 8,000 a Year Is.

CoAspire's RAACM joins the Air Force FAMM framework beside Anduril and Zone 5. The real test is an additively manufactured airframe at 8,000 units a year.

TutorialsOCT 181 min read

Evaluating CAD Software for Additive Manufacturing

Evaluate CAD software for additive manufacturing with practical checks for model creation, dimension changes, revision history and file handoff.

Market InsightsOCT 35 min read

6K Additive's Powder Expansion Is Fully Funded. Burgettstown Commissioning Now Sets the Pace

6K Additive's signed EXIM loan completes its Burgettstown powder funding. The IPO already covered the plan, so commissioning, not capital, now sets the ramp.

Market InsightsJUL 16 min read

Beehive's $50M EOS Order: Defense Metal AM Moves from Prototype to Serial Production

Beehive Industries' $50M order for 30 EOS M4 ONYX printers - the largest single EOS deal - backs serial production of the Frenzy 8 drone engine under a $29.7M USAF.

Market InsightsJUL 108 min read

Snapmaker's $140M Series C: Consumer 3D Printing's Capital Arms Race Reaches New Heights

Snapmaker's $140M Series C is the largest consumer AM round since 2025, but Bambu Lab's dominant market share means capital alone cannot close the ecosystem gap.

Market InsightsJUN 256 min read

Two Chinese AM Companies File for ~$500M in Combined IPOs Within 24 Hours

Two Chinese AM companies filed for a combined ~$500M in IPOs within 24 hours. Beijing Yuding AM targets large-format metal for aerospace and nuclear; Sanlu.

Weekly DigestMAY 31 min read

AM Weekly · Week 18: Defense and Aerospace Agencies Expand Metal AM Production and Qualification Contracts

A clear pattern of **defense procurement gravity** is materializing, with the US Air Force awarding a $95.2M production contract to Sintavia and the UK's MTC.

Asia DigestJUL 311 min read

AMPulse Asia · Fortnight 16: AM Solutions wins Korea's first LW-DED repair certification, opening regulatory pathway for ship and defense MRO

Korea's first LW-DED repair certification under IACS Rec. 186 and a two-week delivery of vehicle parts to Japan's ATLA together suggest that allied defense.

Market InsightsAUG 56 min read

PharmaTher Picked Its Peptides From an FDA Vote, Then Went Shopping for a Printer

PharmaTher's Craft Health deal names the exact peptides an FDA committee backed days earlier. The printer is the visible part; the rulemaking is the real gate.

Market InsightsOCT 246 min read

Prodways' Ceramic Order Turns Its Last Printer Line Into a One-Customer Bet

Prodways' US ceramic printer order is worth about nine months of printer revenue, so its last Systems business now depends on one aerospace customer.

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’.

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