2024-2025productionQ1 · 2024

NASA, aerospace primes, defense organizations, and allied militaries expand AM for wind-tunnel parts, flight hardware, repair, tooling, and sustainment.

Defense and aerospace remain the most influential buyers for advancing AM quality and qualification standards. Their adoption creates certified supply chains and qualified parameter libraries that benefit the broader market.

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01VoxelMatters — GE Aerospace's 3D printed Catalyst turboprop engine achieves FAA certification2025-03-01
Reports FAA type certification (2025-02-27) of GE Aerospace's Catalyst turboprop, which consolidates roughly one third of its parts through metal AM. Verifies the aerospace-prime flight-hardware and qualification portion of this claim; NASA, defense, and allied-military expansion are not covered by this reference.
02Metal AM — GE Aerospace's Catalyst turboprop engine with additively manufactured parts receives FAA certification2025-03-04
Independent trade confirmation of the Catalyst FAA certification.

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AM Roadmap. (2024). NASA, aerospace primes, defense organizations, and allied militaries expand AM for wind-tunnel parts, flight hardware, repair, tooling, and sustainment.. AM Roadmap (v0.5.2-evidence-gaps-closed). Retrieved 2026-08-24, from https://amroadmap.com/timeline/present-2024-2025-aerospace-defense-2

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@misc{amroadmap_nasa_aerospace_primes_defense_organizati_2024,
  title  = {NASA, aerospace primes, defense organizations, and allied militaries expand AM for wind-tunnel parts, flight hardware, repair, tooling, and sustainment.},
  author = {{AM Roadmap}},
  year   = {2024},
  url    = {https://amroadmap.com/timeline/present-2024-2025-aerospace-defense-2},
  note   = {AM Roadmap dataset v0.5.2-evidence-gaps-closed, accessed 2026-08-24}
}

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