On this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast, we continue our Season 14 focus on military embedded computing and networking, featuring keynote remarks from the 2026 AUSA Global Force Symposium and an interview with Jeff Baldwin, Director of Engineering at Sealevel.

Engineers recently completed inspection, testing, and shipboard installation of a welded, additively manufactured (AM) copper‑nickel flange for the USS Washington (SSN‑787). The component was installed March 18 following a March 9 verification milestone, marking one of the first uses of a welded metal AM part on an in‑service U.S. submarine.

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, is developing a comprehensive suite of capabilities to ensure that additively manufactured parts can perform predictably in mission-critical applications — no matter where, when, or on what machines they’re manufactured. This work is poised to revolutionize additive manufacturing (AM) in multiple ways in ...

The U.S. Army’s adoption of additive manufacturing took another major step forward in March with the opening of a new “Additive Makerspace” at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, alongside program updates shared by leadership from the Army Materiel Command and the Tank‑Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) during the 2026 Association of the United States Army Global Force Sympo...

Kenworth’s new C580 vocational truck made its debut at CONEXPO 2026. The C580 is the replacement for the long-serving C500 and aims to build on that truck’s legacy thanks to new tech, more muscle and improved interior amenities.