Michael Petch

Additive Manufacturing Advantage: Aerospace, Space, and Defense 2026 is now live and in progress. Taking place online today, AMAA 2026 brings together leading voices from across aerospace, defense, space, advanced manufacturing, research, and industrial production to discuss how additive manufacturing is moving from promising technology into mission-critical applications.

Farnborough International Airshow will bring the global aerospace, aviation, space, and defence industries to the UK from 20–24 July 2026. But before the sector gathers on the show floor, the additive manufacturing community has an opportunity to connect around one of the most important questions facing aerospace and defence manufacturing today: how does AM move from promising capability to qualified, repeatable, mission-ready production?

The largest specialist event of its kind, AMA: Aerospace, Space and Defense, returns on July 9th. Additive manufacturing in aerospace and defense has entered a more demanding phase. The question is no longer whether metal AM, wire arc additive manufacturing, electron beam powder bed fusion, or advanced materials can produce impressive parts.