BREAKING NEWS: Dyndrite signs multiyear deal with Ursa Major!
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Dyndrite has announced the signing of a multi-year licensing agreement with Ursa Major – a leader in the aerospace and defense industry. As part of this partnership, Ursa Major will implement Dyndrite LPBF Pro software into its additive manufacturing processes, covering material development, part qualification, and serial production of high-performance propulsion systems for defense, hypersonic, and commercial space applications.
Through this long-term agreement, Ursa Major has adopted Dyndrite LPBF Pro as the foundation of its R&D efforts for materials, part qualification processes, and the production of advanced propulsion systems for defense, hypersonics, and space sectors.
This agreement follows a thorough six-month technical evaluation that clearly demonstrated the superiority of Dyndrite's tools over those previously used in Ursa Major's facilities.
During the testing phase, Ursa Major experts noted several key advantages of Dyndrite LPBF Pro:
First, file preparation time was drastically reduced, enabling a significantly faster transition from design to production.
Second, thanks to optimized toolpath algorithms, the number of supports required to stabilize parts was minimized, which not only lowers material costs but also simplifies post-processing.
Another benefit includes increased print speeds, along with improved microstructure and surface finish. Particularly important for rocket components was the enhanced resolution of fine geometrical features, especially thin walls and low-angle overhangs, allowing for the realization of even more complex designs.
Ursa Major, a long-time leader in using LPBF for producing critical propulsion systems, delivers staged combustion engines known for high thrust within compact designs and advanced features such as vector control, throttleability, and restart capability.
The first engine line to adopt Dyndrite LPBF Pro is the Draper series – these designs have already received recognition in the prototype phase for their flexible development model and manufacturing efficiency. The implementation of Dyndrite’s software aims not only to accelerate development cycles but also to reduce the cost of producing critical components for defense and space missions.
Dyndrite LPBF Pro is a modern software toolkit for the additive manufacturing industry, offering a scriptable CAD-to-Print environment, advanced tools for material and process development, accelerated qualification and calibration workflows, and repeatable, fully traceable production lines.
All of this enables organizations to encode critical knowledge within engineering and manufacturing teams – essential for scaling production while maintaining the highest quality standards.
A natural extension of this announcement is a closer look at the critical role software plays in ensuring part quality and performance in additive manufacturing. Currently, most available build prep tools focus mainly on part layout on the build plate and support generation.
While it's possible to define and assign global parameters to parts, this approach is inherently limited. Legacy software typically lacks advanced mechanisms that can meaningfully improve part quality or printing efficiency.
Dyndrite sees this as a fundamental gap that must be addressed to make additive manufacturing a reliable, first-choice production solution.
In response, the company has developed tools that allow for dynamic laser path adjustment, precise control over localized parameters within a single part, and automation of microstructure-level optimization processes.
As a result, parts not only meet rigorous mechanical and geometric requirements but are also produced faster and with less material waste.
The net effect is that AM manufacturers gain real tools to shorten development cycles, lower costs, and embed “digital DNA” into their critical components.
At the same time, software becomes a carrier of knowledge – engineering teams can easily transfer proven strategies between different machines and facilities, eliminating errors caused by manual parameter tuning.
This topic – the role of software in part quality and performance – deserves a dedicated, in-depth article. Even now, it’s clear that the future of additive manufacturing will rely on programmable, automated systems that both learn from real production data and adapt to the most demanding engineering challenges.
In an upcoming piece, we’ll take a closer look at how software influences microstructure formation, manages thermomechanical distortions, and introduces real-time process control methods that enable the production of parts with unprecedented quality and consistency.