Additive Talks | Season 6, Episode 1
About This Webinar
An aircraft is grounded. A critical component is obsolete. The original supplier no longer exists. In aerospace and defense, these scenarios are operational realities that program managers, MRO engineers, and supply chain leaders face with increasing frequency.

Additive manufacturing has long been positioned as the answer. The promise is compelling: produce parts on demand, closer to the point of need, reducing lead times and supply chain exposure. But between that promise and a certified, field-ready part lies a gap that the industry is still working to close.

What does it actually take to deploy AM as a credible response to AOG situations and obsolescence challenges? How do organizations like Airbus and GA-ASI build qualification frameworks that can scale across multiple platforms, business units, and operating environments? And when speed to field conflicts with certification depth, who wins, and who should?

The conversation will follow a deliberate progression: from individual positioning and operational pressure points, through systemic challenges around certification, to the strategic horizon of distributed manufacturing and future outlook.

The insights shared aim to surface practical learnings relevant to aerospace and defense professionals navigating the adoption of additive manufacturing in complex industrial environments.

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Presenters
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    Steve Fournier
    Technical Director, Additive Design & Manufacturing Center of Excellence at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI)
    As the leader of the Additive Design & Manufacturing Center of Excellence at GA-ASI, Steve Fournier is shaping the future of aerospace manufacturing. He is the strategic force behind GA-ASI's Factory of the Future, where additive manufacturing, automation, and digital integration converge into a scalable ecosystem driving the next era of aerospace and defense production.
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    Hauke Schultz
    Additive Manufacturing Roadmap Leader, at Airbus
    Hauke Schulz leads the AM roadmap across the entire Airbus Group, overseeing research and development projects spanning Airbus Commercial, Helicopters, and Defense & Space. In this role, he builds the vision and strategy to maximize the value of AM across three distinct business units, while cultivating the internal and external networks needed to surface high-value partnership opportunities and industrial synergies.
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    Kety Sindze
    Managing Editor at 3D ADEPT Media
    Kety is currently leading the publication’s editorial and content activities. She has a unique gift for knowing how to grab an audience's attention on insights that matter – in this case, everything related to additive manufacturing. She believes that a wide range of innovations still have to be discovered about the technologies that shape the world of tomorrow and she has made it her objective at 3D ADEPT Media.
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    3D ADEPT MEDIA
    Published by KEYMAR Solutions, 3D ADEPT Media is a trade press that tracks and analyses the latest trends in the additive manufacturing industry. As a source for high-quality, accurate, and timely additive manufacturing resources, we pride ourselves on delivering up-to-date information you can rely on through our online media and our print & interactive digital magazine 3D ADEPT Mag.
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