3 D Printing

DAVID MYERS, JAMES LYDON, AND DON LOVELL IN MSFC 3D PRINTING FACILITY

NASA ADMINISTRATOR CHARLES BOLDEN, LEFT, TALKS WITH FRANK LEDBETTER, CHIEF OF THE NONMETALLIC MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING DIVISION AT MARSHALL, ABOUT A PART OF A PROTOTYPE FOR THE CORE STAGE-TO-BOOSTER ATTACH F More

FROM LEFT, NASA ADMINISTRATOR CHARLES BOLDEN LISTENS TO MARSHALL MATERIALS ENGINEER NANCY TOLLIVER; JOHN VICKERS, MANAGER OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING; AND MARSHALL FLIGHT SYSTEMS DESIGN EN More

BRENT COLE, EM 42 STRUCTURED LIGHT SCANNING LEAD IN MSFC 3D PRINTING FACILITY

Poster for PFPC Emerging Security Challenges Working Group Workshop in Warsaw, Poland.

KEN COOPER GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TO STATE SENATOR BILL HOLTZCLAW, REPRESENTATIVE MAC MCCUTCHEON, GREG CANFIELD OF THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, GOVERNOR BENTLEY’S CHIEF OF STAFF, DAV More

Lt. Chris Baxter, division officer at Fleet Readiness Center Norfolk, discusses the materials used in the 3D printing process to create products during the U.S. Navy's first Maker Faire titled "Print the Fleet. More

Capt. Frank Futcher, stationed aboard Navy Business Operations Office in Washington., explains a display of 3D printed objects during a Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC) sponsored innovation workshop at O More

DAHLGREN, Va. - A mini-replica of a human head created with 3-D printing technology is demonstrated during a December Print-A-Thon at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD). The reality of 3-D More

Stock photography: A hand holding a tool in front of a bike wheel / A person holding a wrenet in their hand.

Architecture stock photograph: A person building a house / A person standing next to a small house.

A hand with a prosthetic hand / A robotic hand with a prosthetic arm / Public domain sport photography.

A hand on a couch with a blue fabric. A hand with a white glove on a couch. Public domain stock photo.

A 3d printer in a 3d printer. A 3d printer with a red plastic container on top public domain stock photo.

A 3d printer with a red plastic block. 3d printer with a red house public domain stock photo.

A 3d printed robotic hand. A 3d printed hand made of a human hand public domain stock photo.

A close up of a metal mesh with a pattern of interlocking circles / A close up of a metal mesh public domain military photo.

Engineers at NAWCAD Lakehurst utilize a 3-D printer to demonstrate their ability to create V-22 Osprey aircraft parts at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Feb. 8, 2017. The printer creates parts by More

Replacement parts created using 3-D printing technology are displayed next to original parts as an example to the accuracy of the equipment during a demonstration aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 6, 2016. 1 More

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (May 17, 2016) - Navy engineer Steve Price answers an attendee's question about the small additively manufactured modular payload multi-rotor at the 2016 Sea-Air-Space Expo. This low cost, More

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller, Commandant of the Marine Corps, meets with Brig. Gen. David Ottignon, commanding general, 1st Marine Logistics Group to talk about the current and future 3D printing operat More

Justin Yates, an assistant professor at Francis Marion University, teaches the Marines about the capabilities of a 3D printer at Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 2. Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, allows Marine More

Lt. Gen. Michael Dana, center-left, Deputy Commandant of Installations and Logistics, shakes hands with Col. Mathew Reuter, center, commanding officer of Combat Logistics Regiment 25, at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug More

Marines with Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School demonstrate 3-D printing at the Wood Hobby Shop aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Nov. 8, 2016. (Official Marine More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Stephanie Sanchez, a machinist with Reparable Maintenance Company, 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, cuts a piece of metal to prepare it for welding during exercise S More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Rusty Mongold, a machinist with Engineer Maintenance Company, 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, cuts a piece of metal using the Computer Numerical Control during exercise S More

161214-N-CM812-240 Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTD) Neutralize-Group Engineer Angel Diaz verifies support density on a printed tool kit und More

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Ben Lacount works on an ammunition rounds counter in the Manufacturing and Knowledge (MAKE) Lab at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md. Carderock's Ad More

Marines use a laser cutter to engrave on a piece of wood at the Fabrication Laboratory during an open house aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 21, 2017. In anticipation More

170315-N-RQ987-023 WASHINGTON (March 15, 2017) Members from the Meso-scale Robotic Locomotion Initiative (MeRLln) demonstrate the uses of a quadruped robot at the pentagon during a 3D Print-a-Thon. The reality More

ARLINGTON, Va. (March 15, 2017) - Members from the Meso-scale Robotic Locomotion Initiative demonstrate the capabilities of an additively manufactured quadruped robot at the Pentagon during a 3D Print-a-Thon. T More

ARLINGTON, Va. (March 15, 2017) – Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Jared Schinse, left, assigned to Fleet Replacement Center (FRC) Mid-Atlantic in Patuxent River, Md., discusses innovative 3D printing More

Craig Hughes from Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab (APL) points to a piece of U.S. Marine Corps Expeditionary hardware and highlights the additive manufacturing process used to Dr. John Burrow (center), deputy More

Marines hold a diagram explaining the capabilities they have with current 3-D printing technology at the additive manufacturing facility at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 22, 2017. Nine members with the Defense Adva More

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller speaks to Marines at Marine Corps Base Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, April 4, 2017. Neller spoke about the importance of respecting fellow Marines, and the Ma More

Lance Cpl. Vincent A. Smyth, Marine Air-Ground Task Force planning specialist with the Command Element, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, calibrates a three-dimensional printer du More

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller and his staff receive a brief by Local Motors employees at the Local Motors Microfactory, Knoxville, Tenn., April 25, 2017. Neller visited to better understa More

The additive manufacturing process involves depositing thin layers of composite materials on top of each other. AFRL Composite Materials and Processing team researchers used the ultra-bright X-ray at the Nation More

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Researchers at the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, have demonstrated the ability to print solar cells on three-dimensional surface More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan G. Maeder, Machinest, 2nd Maintenance Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, describes the battalion’s 3-D printing capabilities during an expeditionar More

A 3-D desktop printer creates a screw at the X-FAB, or Expeditionary Fabrication, Facility Aug. 1 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. X-FAB is a self-contained, transportable additive manufacturing lab comprised o More

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio –A member of the Flexible Materials and Processes team at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate exhibits an additively manufactured el More

A group of Army researchers traveled to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, to demonstrate 3-D printed drones and gather feedback. The team is creating a catalog where future warfighters can create low-cost, rapidly More

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A technique called Hybrid 3D Printing, developed by AFRL researchers in collaboration with the Wyss Institute at Harvard University, uses additive manufacturing to integr More

Congressman Darrell Issa, Republican U.S. Representative for California's 49th congressional district, visits Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, a major subordinate element of Special Purpose Marine More

Congressman Darrell Issa, Republican U.S. Representative for California's 49th congressional district, and Ms. Patricia Fietz, deputy chief of mission, U.S. Embassy in Kuwait, get briefed by Staff Sgt. Miguel More

Samuel Pratt (left), an engineer with the Additive Manufacturing Project Office at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, teaches Office of Naval Research program managers (from left after Pratt) Dr. More

A British Royal Navy Commando observes a 3-D printed wrench during Exercise Bold Alligator 17 at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 26, 2017. Bold Alligator is a multinational, naval amphibious exercise that focuses on c More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Shepperd Tucker (left) and Sgt. Joseph Priester (right), Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command, keep an eye on a mon More

Researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory have demonstrated the ability to additively manufacture high temperature polymer composites for use in extreme environments. The material, made with carbon fiber More

U.S. Marines at the Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, California, train in freezing temperatures to get comfortable with their gear and prepare for future missions, April 25, 2018. MWTC Marines wo More

From left, Devin Pisner and Neubar Kamalian, science and technology photographers in Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s Imaging department, look on as fellow photographer Ryan Hanyok explains th More

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa attend an Additive Manufacturing course at Morón Air Base, Spain, June 27, 2018. SPMAGTF-CR-AF deployed to conduct crisis-re More

The LulzBot TAZ 6 prints a small-scale ship model in the Manufacturing, Knowledge and Education (MAKE) Lab at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division on July 25, 2018, in West Bethesda, Md. The TAZ 6 i More

A 3-D printer fabricates support equipment during Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division's Innovation Hub open house Aug. 7-9.

Marines from I Marine Expeditionary Force learn how to operate the world's largest concrete 3D printer as it constructs a 500-square-foot barracks hut at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center i More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Montana Engelking, 100th Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technology welder machinist, removes foundation material from a 3D print mold at RAF Mildenhall, England, Aug. 23, 2018. T More

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum submitted several 3D printed artifacts from their collection to be exhibited at the Hermitage Museum in Norfolk, Virginia. The 3D prints were part of a city-wide collaboration wit More

An REF engineer displays a completed part—a 3D-printed 90-degree strain relief offset connector—while others are being produced in the background. The connectors, designed and fabricated by REF engineers at Bag More

A member the Co-Creation Laboratory team uses the computer in the back of the administrative module of a HAT 2.0 Modular Logistics Vehicle during a USMC Co-Creation Laboratory demonstration day at Camp Pendleto More

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Dewey Adams, an allied trades technician assigned to 194th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 2nd Sustainment Brigade 520th Support Maintenance Company operates the Army’s first 3D pr More

U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Douglas McCue, with Headquarters Marine Corps Next Generation Logistics, speaks to Col. Boyd Miller, the 2nd Marine Logistics Group-Forward commanding officer, about improving rela More

Dr. Kevin Galloway explains various ways to create prototypes to Capt. Aimee Valles. The Rakkasans recently joined forces with Vanderbilt University to resolve how to develop easy-to-fabricate and easy-to-use v More

Lt. Jake Lunday, a Reservist attached to the Fleet Readiness and Logistics staff for the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, measures equipment susceptible to wear-and tear in the machine shop of USS Dwigh More

U.S. Marines with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, work together to secure a concrete bridge support column during 7th ESB’s 3D Concrete Printing exercise at Camp Pendleton, Calif., D More

A Marine with 1st Marine Logistics Group walks across a concrete footbridge during a 3D concrete printing exercise Dec. 12, at Camp Pendleton, California. Working with Marine Corps Systems Command’s Advanced Ma More

The 520th Maintenance Company, 2nd Infantry Division uses Rapid Fabrication via Additive Manufacturing on the Battlefield (R-FAB) technology, also known as 3-D printing, to reproduce a hard plastic skull at U.S More

Marines and civilian acquisition professionals pose with a stainless-steel 3D-printed impeller in Twentynine Palms, California. In January 2019, Marine Corps Systems Command reviewed the results of 3D printed i More

A new metallic 3D printed bracket alongside the aluminum part it will replace on an F-22 Raptor during depot repair at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Jan 16, 2019. The new titanium part will not corrode and can be More

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. – Rock Island Arsenal – Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center hosted 1st Theater Sustainment Command Jan. 23 to discuss 3D printing capabilities and the future of minimizing long l More

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Ryan McCormic, the motor transport officer with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, showcases 3D printing capabilities at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Tw More

Aircraft Electrical and Environmental Systems journeyman Airman 1st Class Ketsana Bounphakdy, 305th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., adjusts a temperature selection switch More

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. – Rock Island Arsenal – Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center hosted Rep. Dave Loebsack March 1 to discuss additive and advanced manufacturing initiatives and current and future pr More

Masks made by the 366th Operations Support Squadron lay on a work table after production, March 20, 2020, at Mountain Home Air Force Base. These mask are made for people on base and help to prevent the spread o More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Wesley Sweeney discusses critical thinking and innovative technologies during a lunch and learn at the 2nd Marine Logistics Group Makerspace on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina April 12, 2019 More

Col. Ken Letcher, commander, Rock Island Arsenal Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center, speaks at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Advanced and Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence at Rock Island More

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. - Prototype parts are 3D printed in the new Advanced and Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence to trouble shoot the machines at Rock Island Arsenal - Joint Manufacturing and Tech More

Collaboration between Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Chemical and Biological Technologies Department and Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine resulted in developing organ-on-a-chip technology. The More

Staff Sgt. Paul McCollough, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Operator and Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Specialist at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, uses an industrial machine to produce 3D-printed objects aboard Mari More

Two 3-D printers are actively creating plastic equipment during the Innovation Boot Camp workshop in The Garden by Building Momentum, Alexandria, Va. Innovation Boot Camp is a workshop designed for service memb More

190705-M-YD783-1002 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 5, 2019) Three-dimensional prints of landing craft, air cushions and anchors from the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) on July 5, 2019. The print More

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. – Printers hum in the daily operations of the Advanced and Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence, Rock Island Arsenal - Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center. (U.S. Army phot More

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. - Barrett Craps, additive manufacturing specialist, reviews printer operations at the Advanced and Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence, Rock Island Arsenal - Joint Manufacturin More

Marines from 7th Engineer Support Battalion along with engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory construct a concrete bunker during a 3D concrete printing exer More

Marines from 7th Engineer Support Battalion along with engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory construct a concrete bunker during a 3D concrete printing exer More

Marines from 7th Engineer Support Battalion along with engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory construct a concrete bunker during a 3D concrete printing exer More

Marines from 7th Engineer Support Battalion along with engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory construct a concrete bunker during a 3D concrete printing exer More

Marines from 7th Engineer Support Battalion along with engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory pose with a concrete bunker during a 3D concrete printing exer More

A U.S. Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 24, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, works on designing a 3D print for use within the battalion’s mai More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Everete Buiter with Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group sits in a 3D printing class at 2nd MLG’s Makerspaces on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, August 29, 2019. 2 More

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. - Rock Island Arsenal – Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center's Advanced and Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence meets with John Deere's Technical Innovation Center Sept. 1 More

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. - A contingent of the British Army visited Rock Island Arsenal – Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center to discuss additive manufacturing Oct. 7. Brig. Gen. Darrell Amison, the Brit More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jacob Hajec, a machinist with Combat Logistics Regiment 252, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (MLG), examines the LULZBOT TAZ-6 3D Printer at Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, More

191107-N-GB257-001 Charleston, S.C. (November 7, 2019) Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic employee and Additive Manufacturing (AM) Subject Matter Expert Hunter Smith makes adjustments to a large A More

190921-M-QP663-1006 INDIAN OCEAN (Sept. 21, 2019) U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Brandon Ballantyne, the communications maintenance chief with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), More

Staff Sgt. William Riddle, 48th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal NCO in charge of training, poses next to EOD training aids he printed from his 3D printer at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, Engla More

A 3D printed robot sits on display during the Building Momentum Course on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 11, 2019. The Building Momentum Course is a fully integrated week-long course conducted to educate Mar More

U.S. Marine, Staff Sgt. Quincy Reynolds, the innovation officer with 3d Maintenance Battalion, 3d Marine Logistics Group, displays a mask created from a 3D printer on Camp Courtney, April 15, 2020. Marines and More

The Metal X 3-D printer, the world’s first Atomic Diffusion Additive Manufacturing machine, provides 3rd Maintenance Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group the ability to design and More