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Additive ManufacturingJuly 4, 2026

The Pentagon's Additive Budget Jumped 83% to $3.3B — and Velo3D's $9.8M DLA Contract Is the Tell

The Department of War's FY2026 request carries roughly $3.3B tied to additive manufacturing across 16 programs, an 83% jump. But most of that is industrial-base money. The real signal is a cluster of spring-2026 awards — led by Velo3D's $9.8M DLA contract — that pay to qualify production parts, not print demos.

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Additive ManufacturingJune 28, 2026

The Navy's Biggest Shipbuilder Is Now Printing Hull Parts: Newport News Commissions Wire-Arc Metal AM and Orders Four More Machines

Newport News Shipbuilding has commissioned its first two AML3D ARCEMY X wire-arc metal printers and ordered four more, building toward a six-machine in-house fleet for ship-component fabrication. Here's what the deal actually buys the Navy's most demanding supply chain — and what the numbers really say once you sort the Australian dollars from the U.S. ones.

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