U.K.-based Gripple, a manufacturer of wire joiners and tensioners for agriculture and suspension solutions for the construction and solar industries, is celebrating the production of its one billionth fastener.

Airbus Helicopters is introducing the first U.S.-built H125 military configurations, known as AH-125 and MH-125 Ares, to its range of military helicopters. These combat-capable aircraft will feature militarized options that meet the needs of military allies and partners around the world.

NASA has selected 16 proposals from 12 companies to advance capabilities and technologies related to NASA’s Moon to Mars Objectives. This selection includes companies with metal additive-manufacturing capabilities.

Engineers at Monash University in Australia have shown how a 3D-printing method can produce ultra-strong, commercial-grade titanium alloys. Researchers were able to manipulate a novel microstructure through 3D printing.

BUMAX, a fastener manufacturer headquartered in Sweden, has been selected to provide crucial fasteners to be used on the International Space Station (ISS). BUMAX 88 fasteners will be used to secure a new payload going to the ISS to measure the speed of sound.

A professor of engineering at the University of Pittsburgh has been working to engineer a new class of intelligent materials that can create the foundation for mechanical computing systems.

Johnson Controls announced the launch of a program for recycling steel through a collaboration with Nucor Corp. Over 70% of Johnson Controls’ steel purchases in the U.S. and 45% globally are manufactured from recycled scrap materials. The program with Nucor will recycle nearly 100% of that secondary scrap steel again. 

NASA will create two new Space Technology Research Institutes (STRIs) to develop technology in critical areas for engineering and climate research. One will work to improve understanding and help enable rapid certification of metal parts created using additive-manufacturing techniques.

GE plans to invest more than $450 million in its existing U.S. manufacturing facilities this year and hire more than 1,700 employees for open external positions with GE Aerospace and GE Vernova.

An associate mechanical engineering technology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh was granted a U.S. patent for a flameless impingement oven. The oven arranges natural gas and air jets to directly affect the object being heated, transferring heat by impingement transfer rather than by conventional radiation and thermally induced convection.