When 3D printers first started becoming mainstream, no one would’ve thought that people would 3D print aircraft components out of all things. However, it actually happened. Wuhan, China, is at the ...

When you think of unconventional aircraft, flying wings have had plenty of time in the sun over the last few decades. With striking designs like the B-2 Spirit and F-117A Nighthawk on the flight line, ...

In another potential aerospace application for 3D printing, Boeing has filed an application with the US Patent Office for a way to make artificial "ice." The company isn't planning on making novelty ...

People are increasingly turning to software to design complex material structures like airplane wings and medical implants. But as design models become more capable, our fabrication techniques haven't ...

Perm Polytechnic University scientists have developed a unique method of 3D printing of large-sized products. The ...

Airbus is targeting sometime beyond 2020 to be able to fabricate an airplane wing using additive manufacturing. EADS (Airbus) has large-scale structures grown from ALM-enabled (additive layer ...

But there’s a persistent problem: the parts that come out of a 3D printer don’t always match the elegant digital models ...

[Updated with video, below] We already know that 3D-printing has revolutionized the way we can make everyday objects from Lego pieces, to guitars, and from car bodies to artificial livers. But the ...