3D Printing Boosts Performance For Boeing WGS-11+ Satellites

Wideband Global Satcom rendering
Credit: Boeing
Boeing says it has improved the performance and reduced the production time of its Wideband Global Satcom-11+ (WGS-11+) satellite by using advanced manufacturing techniques, in particular by 3D printing more than 1,000 parts. WGS-11+ high-capacity military communications satellites, which entered...

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