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Long-form analysis of additive manufacturing markets, plus the weekly and Asia digests that track what moved.

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Market InsightsFEB 171 min read

The Unitized Airframe: Hypersonics and the Shift to 'Attritable' Manufacturing

Hypersonix sets a launch window for its 3D-printed DART AE, signaling a strategic pivot in defense: the move from printing components to printing entire expendable vehicle systems.

Weekly DigestAPR 131 min read

AM Weekly · Week 16: Expanded aerospace and defense contracts in metal AM - L3Harris, Materials Solutions, and 6K Additive

This week across additive manufacturing: Expanded aerospace and defense contracts in metal AM - L3Harris, Materials Solutions, and 6K Additive; Prosumer FDM har

Market InsightsJUN 197 min read

Divergent's Monolith One: 12 Lasers, 70 Machines, and the Defense AM Production Threshold

Divergent's 12-laser Monolith One and 70-unit factory signal defense AM's production threshold, but the 8x throughput claim awaits independent validation at volume.

Market InsightsAUG 274 min read

3D Systems’ SRNL CRADA Builds a Nuclear Qualification Stack, Not an Order

3D Systems and SRNL are building nuclear AM qualification around installed hardware, but no named component, production customer or order has emerged.

Market InsightsJAN 105 min read

The 'Barbell' Effect: Sub-$50k Metal Systems and the Hollow Middle of Manufacturing

While defense primes consolidate, a counter-insurgency of sub-$40k metal systems from Mastrex and CADmore is enabling decentralized industrial production, squeezing the traditional service bureau model.

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.

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 DigestAPR 191 min read

AM Weekly · Week 16: Software & workflow integration adopted to scale production and quality control

The defense procurement gravity of programs like TITAN-AM and AUKUS, targeting titanium supply chains, validates a capital-intensive path for Velo3D and Nikon S

Market InsightsAUG 56 min read

TE's Printed Catheter Jacket Is a Sensor Play Wearing Manufacturing Clothes

TE Connectivity printed a catheter jacket it says performs no better than the extruded one. The layer-wise shaft wall, not the cost case, is the real asset.

Market InsightsJAN 134 min read

The 'Orbital Breakout': Manufacturing Escapes the Fairing Limit

Simultaneous milestones from CAS Space and Dcubed on January 14 signal the transition of space AM from internal experiments to external infrastructure fabrication.

Market InsightsAUG 216 min read

Formlabs Finished Building a Public-Company Board Before Confirming an IPO

Formlabs rebuilt its board days after a reported US IPO exploration. The governance moves date the listing process more precisely than the Bloomberg report does.

Asia DigestJUL 171 min read

AMPulse Asia · Fortnight 15: Polymer (Jufu Technology) invests 100 million yuan to add 30,000 tons of 3D printing materials capacity, the largest single polymer filament capacity expansion disclosed in 2026

Jufu Technology’s 100 million yuan commitment to add 30,000 tons of polymer filament capacity represents a capital intensity play that may compress pricing.

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