• The DISCMAM project will organise an interactive joint workshop with the DILAPRO project at AM Village 2026, together with a live on-site metal AM quality workflow demonstration by Fieldmade.

The agenda of AM Village 2026 is now set, confirming a comprehensive and high-level programme that reinforces the ambition of positioning additive manufacturing (AM) as a strategic pillar of European defence. In this context, the DISCMAM project will play an active role in the upcoming edition, contributing with technical content and live demonstrations focused on on-site metal AM, digital manufacturing and quality assurance.

This progress follows the second preparatory meeting, held on 27 and 28 January 2026 at the School of Aeronautical and Space Engineering of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). The gathering served to align the final structure of the programme, which will include more than 120 activities, such as expert briefings, seminars, workshops and capability demonstrations, bringing together European industry, research, academia and public authorities.

DISCMAM interactive workshop at AM Village 2026

During this second preparatory meeting, DISCMAM officially confirmed its participation in AM Village 2026, marking an important milestone for the project in a decisive year focused on showcasing integrated solutions and tangible results.

Juan Carlos Pereira, DISCMAM Project coordinator from LORTEK, took part in the meeting to present the final content of the DISCMAM workshop, as well as the Fieldmade demonstration, both of which will form part of the official programme of the event. Also Dr. Nils Knofius (FIELDMADE) and Daniel Ferreira (DTI) attend this meeting supporting the workshop proposal.

As part of its contribution, the project will organise an interactive workshop on Tuesday 17 March (afternoon). The session will showcase how the integration of digital manufacturing, metal additive production and intelligent certification systems can transform manufacturing ecosystems.

The workshop is titled “Quality assurance and Quality control methods in on-site PBF-LB metal AM bridging digital manufacturing for the defence sector”, which include Insights from two flagship European projects: DISCMAM (a European Defence Fund project) and DILAPRO (a Horizon Europe project) solutions and alignment with standards and qualification systems. The initiative brings together joint efforts with RTOs (LORTEK, CRM Group, DTI, and EWF), industry partners (Fieldmade, Euler, QualifiedAM and Plastometrex), and relevant stakeholders (Belgium, Danish, Spain, Czech Republic, The Netherlands and Portuguese MoDs).

Beyond technical dissemination, the workshop aims to foster cross-sector dialogue between civil and defence industries on topics such as systems integration, digitalisation, standardisation and resilience. It will also encourage interaction with ministries of defence, logistics platforms and European R&D, industrial and certification stakeholders, reinforcing collaboration at European level.

Fieldmade live on-site metal AM demonstration

In addition, Fieldmade will deliver an interactive demonstration of an on-site metal AM quality workflow, offering participants a live view of a full end-to-end process from printing to certification. The demonstration will feature the NOMAD®03 PBF-LB system, together with integrated solutions such as Euler, in-process monitoring and in-machine non-destructive testing (NDT), highlighting the potential of deployable metal AM solutions in demanding operational environments.

The third edition of AM Village, taking place from 16 to 20 March 2026 at the Albacete Air Base (Spain), represents a key moment in DISCMAM’s roadmap, offering an ideal platform to demonstrate how digital manufacturing, metal additive production and intelligent certification systems can be effectively integrated in defence and industrial contexts.

Organised jointly by the European Defence Agency (EDA) and the Spanish Air and Space Force, AM Village 2026 will once again serve as a key European forum to exchange experiences and advance additive manufacturing as an enabling technology for strengthening European defence capabilities.

DISCMAM participated in the First Preparatory Meeting in Albacete (Spain) in October 2025, presenting the project’s first activity proposal.

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• The AM Village gathered around 400 professionals from the Additive Manufacturting sector.
• DISCMAM representatives held a workshop to showcase the project’s objectives, use cases, and solutions that will be developed over the course of the project.

From May 13th to 17th, the ‘Additive Manufacturing Village 2024’ (AM Village 2024) brought together around 400 leading Additive Manufacturing experts from the EU Armed Forces, defence industry, research centres, and academia to discuss and advance cutting-edge industrial Additive Manufacturing (AM) capabilities.

The event took place in Tournai, Belgium, organized by the European Defence Agency (EDA) in collaboration with the Multinational Logistic Coordination Center (MLCC, Czech Armed Forces), and hosted by the Belgium Defence Logistic School (Belgium Army). The focus was on testing and demonstrating deployable AM technology and tailored manufacturing methods for military applications.

DISCMAM Workshop: showcasing cutting-edge solutions

The AM Village featured five days of 16 seminars and capability workshops, 30 presentations on additive manufacturing-specific topics, 12 demonstrations, and hands-on interactions among participants. This second edition of the event aimed to build on the findings from the 2023 first edition, further reviewing industrial AM capabilities and demonstrating deployable AM technology and manufacturing methods for diverse military use cases.

Members from the DISCMAM project, including Marta Muñiz Mangas (Lortek), Nina Rooijakkers, Véronique Zijlstra and Nils Knofius (Fieldmade), Niccolò Maccarini (TU/e), and Daniel Ferreira (Danish Technological Institute), organized and delivered Workshop 12 titled ‘Metal Additive Manufacturing Technologies and Digital Solutions to Enable On-Site Maintenance in Defence’ on the afternoon of May 15th.

During the seminar, our representatives introduce their entities and expertise in the sector and showcased DISCMAM’s innovative solution and objectives, setting the foundation for a new business model aimed at remote-assisted on-site maintenance operations.

“Our participation the AM Village has been an opportunity to meet and exchange experiences with leading experts in the field. It allowed us to better understand our project objectives and the real needs in the field, and to continue to work together to push the boundaries and accelerate the adoption of AM technology within the Armed Forces”.

Marta Muñiz, Lortek.

Following our participation in the AM Village, and with almost six months of project progress, DISCMAM will meet at the next consortium meeting to evaluate the developments made so far and plan the next steps for transforming military logistics with on-site metal additive manufacturing innovations. We remain committed to continuing our collaboration and advancing the integration of AM technology within military operations.