en.Wedoany.com Reported - The UK 3D Printing Industry has announced that the Additive Manufacturing Advantage: Aerospace, Space and Defense 2026 conference will be held online on July 9, 2026.

AMAA 2026 is one of the current specialized online events focusing on additive manufacturing in the aerospace, space, and defense sectors. It will bring together engineers, executives, researchers, and end-users from these fields to explore how additive manufacturing is transitioning from technical possibility to industrial implementation. Core topics of this year's conference include qualification, repeatability, certification, advanced materials, defense supply chains, production scaling, and operational readiness.

Announced speakers include representatives from NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, RTX Pratt & Whitney, Divergent Technologies, GKN Aerospace, Dyndrite, TANIOBIS, MX3D, JEOL USA, America Makes, Velo3D, Safran, Sakuu, Alderman & Company, Outlook Lab, the Civil Military Innovation Institute, Addlab, Theta Technologies, and Farcco.

The conference agenda covers applications and advancements in additive manufacturing for propulsion systems, aircraft structures, refractory metals, directed energy deposition, wire arc additive manufacturing, electron beam powder bed fusion, eVTOL battery safety, and defense industrial base readiness.

Michael Petch, Editor-in-Chief of 3D Printing Industry, stated that additive manufacturing in aerospace, space, and defense has entered a more demanding phase. He noted that the question is no longer whether additive manufacturing can produce impressive parts, but whether these technologies can be qualified, achieve repeatability, be certified, scaled, and deployed where they are most needed. AMAA 2026 aims to bring together professionals directly working to address these issues.

Highlights of the AMAA 2026 agenda include: NASA's work on the readiness of additive manufacturing materials for spaceflight applications; Safran's strategies for machine qualification and part certification in aviation; America Makes' efforts to unlock additive manufacturing qualification at scale; MX3D's exploration of wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) for defense autonomy; and lessons learned by Divergent Technologies in scaling additive manufacturing for aerospace and defense customers.

The conference will also cover multiple advanced materials and process capabilities, including tungsten and niobium alloys for high-temperature space applications, electron beam powder bed fusion, large-scale directed energy deposition, and polymer current collectors aimed at reducing thermal runaway risks, weight, and costs in eVTOL battery applications.

AMAA 2026 is free to attend for engineers, procurement professionals, defense and aerospace program leaders, additive manufacturing users, researchers, students, suppliers, and organizations evaluating how additive manufacturing can support advanced production, certification, and resilient supply chains.

Sponsors of this conference include Dyndrite Corporation, Sinterit, TANIOBIS GmbH, MX3D, and JEOL USA. AMUG, as an industry partner of the 3DPI Additive Manufacturing Advantage conference series, also supports the shared goal of promoting high-quality additive manufacturing knowledge and encouraging deeper in-person industry participation.

Registration for AMAA 2026 is now open.

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