Local Motors is best known for creating the world’s first 3D-printed car. As the company prepares to sell those cars to the public for the first time, it’s come up with an unusual proposition for ...

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A soldier from the Idaho Army National Guard fires a Javelin anti-tank missile. Colorado-based propulsion firm Ursa Major hopes its new method of 3D printing solid rocket motor cases could one day ...

NORTH HUNTINGDON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The ExOne Company (Nasdaq: XONE), the global leader in industrial sand and metal 3D printers using binder jetting technology, is collaborating with ...

Typically, when most of us need a motor, we jump online to order one from a catalogue. [Levi Janssen] recently had to build his own for a college project, however, and learned a lot along the way.

General Motors is currently developing a swath of new technologies, including tech that aims to revolutionize the automaker’s extensive production operations. To that end, GM has announced the grand ...

The U.S. has supplied vast numbers of missiles to Ukraine, including more than 2,000 Stinger shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles, over 10,000 Javelin anti-tank missiles, and an unspecified number ...

Shoe box-sized CubeSats are becoming increasingly important in space exploration and collecting scientific data. But these tiny satellites need efficient and precise propulsion systems for in-orbit ...

It’s little secret that stepper motors are everywhere in FDM 3D printers, but there’s no real reason why you cannot take another type of DC motor like a brushless DC (BLDC) motor and use that instead.

The volatile nature of space rocket engines means that many early prototypes end up embedded in dirt banks or decorating the tops of any trees that are unfortunate enough to neighbor testing sites.