Requests for backup might usually trigger a halt in a military operations, but two fast-moving technologies could one day combine to deliver much-needed reinforcements exactly where they're needed.

TEMPE, Ariz. (KSAZ) - 3D printing is something many people have heard of. It involves a printing process where precision machines controlled by a computer literally prints an object, by laying down ...

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 ...

Next time you’re in an airplane, think about what the airplane is made out of. Because someday, that airplane is going to be made of parts from a 3D printer. GE is working on making the parts based on ...

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 ...

[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 ...

It was supposed to be a big moment for the two brothers — both University of Virginia engineering students — the culmination of months of designing and refining. On a sunny day last August, Steven ...

Historically, remote control aircraft were produced much like their early full-sized counterparts. Wooden structures were covered with adhesives and taut fabric membranes. Other techniques later came ...