In partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and GE Research, the U.S. National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute America Makes has launched a ‘direct call-to-action’ challenge to the additive manufacturing (AM) industry. The Open Source-Additive Scanning Implementation Strategy (OASIS) Challenge, which has a prize pool of $68,000, is inviting entrants to submit innovative open-source […]
America Makes launches four new project calls with $2.1M in awards
America Makes, the U.S. national accelerator for additive manufacturing, has announced four new project calls intended to advance the maturation of industrial 3D printing. Each project addresses one or more areas in or around additive manufacturing, including materials data, process monitoring, data management, education, and workforce development. John Wilczynski, Executive Director of America Makes, states: […]
Raytheon awarded $841K to advance 3D printed military optics
America Makes, an additive manufacturing innovation organization managed by the U.S. Department of Defense, has announced aerospace firm Raytheon Technologies as the awardee of its Additive for eXtreme Improvement in Optical Mounts (AXIOM) Project Call. For its submission titled ‘Topology Optimized Reflective Optics’, the Raytheon team will receive a total of $841K in funding. The […]
New 3D printing jobs and career moves: Stratasys, 3D Systems, America Makes, Creat3d, Origin, Ricoh
Welcome to the latest edition of our 3D printing jobs and career moves update for the additive manufacturing sector. Also, read on for updates on important news from Stratasys, 3D Systems and America Makes. If you are looking for a new position in the industry, we keep our 3D printing job board always updated with […]
America Makes inks seven-year $322M agreement with U.S. Air Force to advance additive manufacturing
America Makes, the Ohio-based national accelerator for additive manufacturing, has announced a seven year Cooperative Agreement (CA) with the U.S. Department of Air Force‘s Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), in a deal worth $322 million. Comprising a Cost-Reimbursement/Cost Share agreement, the $322 million funding value is made up from a combination of government cost and America […]
America Makes and ANSI launch online portal for tracking additive manufacturing standards
America Makes, the Ohio-based national accelerator for additive manufacturing, and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) have released an online portal for tracking standardization activity in additive manufacturing. The interactive portal compiles the gaps in standards for additive manufacturing, identified through America Makes and ANSI’s Standardization Roadmap for Additive Manufacturing (Version 2.0) published in June […]
America Makes to launch third Satellite Center focused on 3D printing in aerospace
America Makes, the Ohio-based national accelerator for additive manufacturing, has announced that it will open its third Satellite Center for 3D printing research and applications. The new center will be opened at the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) located on the campus of Wichita State University (WSU), a platinum-level member of the America Makes […]