What Happened
Digital Manufacturing Firm Targets Low-Cost Hypersonic Production
VulcanForms and Specter Aerospace have partnered to produce airbreathing hypersonic weapons at scale, aiming to establish a first-of-its-kind domestic manufacturing capacity for the sector. The partnership combines VulcanForms’ metal additive manufacturing platform with Specter Aerospace’s hypersonic vehicle development expertise, targeting the production of low-cost hypersonic munitions, interceptors, and cruise missiles. This move is seen as a response to demand from Congress, the Department of War, and mission partners, and is part of a broader push to rebuild US industrial manufacturing capacity, as reported by 3D Printing Industry.