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New 3D-printed jet engine hits 1,000 lbf thrust for uncrewed combat drones

Colorado-based firm Beehive Industries has unveiled a 3D-printed turbofan engine for uncrewed combat aircraft.
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Startup secures $30 million contract to 3D print jet engines for the USAF

Beehive Industries, a startup jet engine manufacturer based in Colorado, just secured a $30 million contract from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to continue the research and development of small 3D-printed ...
Hackaday

3D Printed Jet Engine Goes Turbo

Printing a model jet engine is quite an accomplishment. But it wasn’t enough for [linus3d]. He wanted to redesign it to have a turbojet, an afterburner, and a variable exhaust nozzle. You can see how ...
Forbes

From Research To Deployment: The Scale-Up Of Defense 3D Printing

A Firestorm xCell micro 3D printing factory loading onto a C-130 to print Tempest UAV systems at a U.S. Air Force base. Inside a standard shipping container, a "factory-in-a-box" hums to life. It is ...
The Washington Post

3D printing shakes up the space industry

When Rocket Lab unveiled the Rutherford engine at the 31st Space Symposium in Colorado, it looked like any other space engine. It wasn’t. Rocket Lab manufactured the Rutherford via additive ...