{"id":48456,"date":"2025-09-10T20:29:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T12:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/boeing-develops-3d-printing-method-for-solar-arrays-to-cut-production-time\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T20:29:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T12:29:37","slug":"boeing-develops-3d-printing-method-for-solar-arrays-to-cut-production-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/boeing-develops-3d-printing-method-for-solar-arrays-to-cut-production-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing Develops 3D Printing Method for Solar Arrays to Cut Production Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><b>Boeing <\/b>is applying additive manufacturing technology to solar array production for satellites, in an update the company says can improve production time by 50% compared to current timelines.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Boeing explained in a Sept. 10 announcement that it has developed a way to 3D print the solar panel structure and built-in features such as harness paths and attachment points directly into each panel. The company said this replaces dozens of separate parts and delicate bonding steps, and results in a piece that is faster to build and easier to integrate.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Flight\u2011representative hardware has completed engineering testing and is progressing through qualification ahead of customer missions. Boeing plans to fly the first 3D-printed solar arrays to fly Spectrolab solar cells aboard small satellites built by Millennium Space Systems \u2014 both Boeing subsidiaries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The new array approach will be available to the market in 2026, and can be used for the 702-class spacecraft platform.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe reached across our enterprise to introduce efficiencies and novel technologies to set a more rapid pace,\u201d said Michelle Parker, vice president of Boeing Space Mission Systems. \u201cBy integrating Boeing\u2019s additive manufacturing expertise with Spectrolab\u2019s high\u2011efficiency solar tech and Millennium\u2019s high\u2011rate production line, our Space Mission Systems team is turning production speed into a capability, helping customers field resilient constellations faster.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boeing is applying additive manufacturing technology to solar array production for satellites, in an update the company says can improve production time by 50% compared to current timelines.&nbsp; Boeing explained in a Sept. 10 announcement that it has developed a way to 3D print the solar panel structure and built-in features such as harness paths [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48456"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}