Airbus is integrating wire-directed energy deposition (w-DED) 3D printing into its aircraft manufacturing process for producing parts. This advanced method allows for agile design and construction of ...

Northrop Grumman is continuing to eat cost overruns on the initial production of its B-21 Raider, and top executives explained to investors for the first time that the company is changing its ...

Wickert Machinenbau, a German company producing complex, fully automated systems integrated in its hydraulic presses, will present its new thermoforming press dedicated to the production of aircraft ...

Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM): While not strictly laser-based, it’s a related directed energy process that uses an ...

Nandina REM is on a mission to reclaim the tonnes of critical minerals and materials from the thousands of end-of-life aircraft around the world to build low-emission supply chains as the world ...

This blog is a compilation of publicly available information on Safran Group’s (Paris, France) production of carbon fiber-reinforced carbon (carbon/carbon) brake discs for aircraft. The company ...