Advanced Manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing (AM) is today a key enabling technology for the space sector and for dual-use applications. It allows for new design paradigms, greater production flexibility, and reduced development costs and timelines, while opening up innovative scenarios in terms of materials, complex geometries and distributed production.

Within this context, the E. Amaldi Foundation’s Advanced Manufacturing sector acts as an innovation enabler, drawing on its expertise in extreme environments and operational conditions in space. The approach integrates additive manufacturing, materials engineering and advanced simulation to accelerate technological development and improve design efficiency.

The Foundation supports industries, research centers and institutions in identifying, evaluating and integrating Advanced Manufacturing solutions, facilitating technology transfer between space and Earth and promoting the adoption of innovative technologies across different application sectors.

A look at our projects

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The E. Amaldi Foundation is involved in developing an Italian Network on Additive Manufacturing for space, aimed at connecting stakeholders, end-users, universities, industry, research centers and SMEs within a coordinated, strategic ecosystem. The initiative responds to two main drivers: on one hand, the growing digitalization of manufacturing, which has broadened the ecosystem by introducing new players, skills and production models; on the other, the international geopolitical context, which calls for strengthening European capabilities in the space, defense and dual-use domains from a resilience and security perspective.

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In this scenario, the Network aims to support ESA through the definition of a shared roadmap and strategic priorities in three key areas: technological harmonization, the development of cross-cutting initiatives, and the strengthening of European resilience. The ultimate goal is to map and showcase Italian excellence in Additive Manufacturing applied to space, helping to consolidate Italy's role within the European ecosystem.