US Air Force produces first 3-D printed metal part for aircraft engines
If the military thinks 3-D printing is good enough to manufacture aircraft engine parts then 3-D printing is here in spades. Next up- 3-D printing spacecraft and habitats in orbit (earth or other) or in space.
Read the rest of the article at the link.Tinker Air Force base maintenance personnel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma have produced and tested the first 3-D printed metal part on a US Air Force (USAF) aircraft engine.
The service reverse engineered and reproduced an anti-ice gasket for the Pratt & Whitney TF33-P103, a turbofan engine which powers the Boeing E-3 Sentry, the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and the Northrop Grumman E-8.