3D Printing Industry has announced the return of
Additive Manufacturing Advantage: Aerospace, Space and Defense 2026, taking place online on July 9th, 2026.
Now established as one of the largest specialist online events focused on additive manufacturing for aerospace, space, and defense, AMAA 2026 will bring together leading engineers, executives, researchers, and end-users to examine how additive manufacturing is moving from technical possibility to industrial execution.
The 2026 edition will focus on the issues now shaping adoption in mission-critical sectors: qualification, repeatability, certification, advanced materials, defense supply chains, production scale-up, and operational readiness.
Speakers announced for AMAA 2026 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 program will address the role of additive manufacturing in 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 said: “Additive manufacturing in aerospace, space, and defense has entered a more demanding phase. The question is no longer whether AM can produce impressive parts. The harder question is whether these technologies can be qualified, repeated, certified, scaled, and deployed where they matter most. AMAA 2026 is designed to bring together the people working directly on those questions.”
Highlights from the AMAA 2026 agenda include NASA’s work on additive manufacturing material readiness for spaceflight applications, Safran’s approach to machine qualification and part certification strategy for aeronautics, America Makes’ work on unlocking AM qualification at scale, MX3D’s exploration of WAAM for defense autonomy, and Divergent’s lessons from scaling additive manufacturing for aerospace and defense customers.
The event will also cover advanced materials and process capability, including tungsten and niobium alloys for high-temperature space applications, electron beam powder bed fusion, large-scale directed energy deposition, and polymeric current collectors designed to reduce thermal runaway risk, weight, and cost in eVTOL battery applications.
AMAA 2026 is free to attend and is aimed at engineers, procurement professionals, defense and aerospace program leaders, AM users, researchers, students, suppliers, and organizations evaluating how additive manufacturing can support advanced production, qualification, and resilient supply chains.
Sponsors supporting AMAA 2026 include Dyndrite Corporation, Sinterit, TANIOBIS GmbH, MX3D, and JEOL USA. AMUG is the industry partner for 3DPI’s Additive Manufacturing Advantage event series, supporting the shared goal of broadening access to high-quality additive manufacturing knowledge and encouraging deeper in-person industry engagement.
Registration for AMAA 2026 is now open.