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• Tethon 3D has acquired Fortify’s advanced materials intellectual property. Fortify wanted to bring fiber-reinforced vat-polymerized parts to market before pivoting to electronics and later to RF applications. This got them...
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Tethon 3D has acquired Fortify’s advanced materials intellectual property. Fortify wanted to bring fiber-reinforced vat-polymerized parts to market before pivoting to electronics and later to RF applications. This got them $12 million in funding from Lockheed Martin, followed by a joint investment from Raytheon and Lockheed. The firm sold a 3D printer to NASA’s Glenn Research Center, but things have been quiet around Fortify of late. It’s a shame because, whereas the firm initially made a rather diffuse and confused market entry, the RF 3D printing materials bet was prescient.
Right now, 3D printed RF is of strategic importance to almost all countries worldwide. And making and improving a better antenna, to deny interference or keep operating, is top of mind. Drones are dominating the bat