This report describes and explains the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market and covers 2020-2025, termed the historic period, and 2025-2030, 2035F termed the forecast period. The report evaluates the market across each region and for the major economies within each region.
The global aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market reached a value of nearly $5.19 billion in 2025, having grown at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.7% since 2020. The market is expected to grow from $5.19 billion in 2025 to $10.52 billion in 2030 at a rate of 15.2%. The market is then expected to grow at a CAGR of 14.5% from 2030 and reach $20.7 billion in 2035.
Growth in the historic period resulted from increasing aircraft order worldwide, increasing demand for lightweight and fuel-efficient aerospace components, growth of unmanned aerial vehicles and autonomous defense systems and government and defense investments in additive manufacturing techniques. Factors that negatively affected growth in the historic period were high initial capital costs and material limitations and qualification issues.
Going forward, growth in space and advanced aviation programs, increased adoption of additive manufacturing in hypersonic programs, growth of defense modernization programs and growth in aerospace maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) activities will drive the growth. Factors that could hinder the growth of the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market in the future include stringent certification requirements, lack of skilled workforce with aerospace additive manufacturing and impact of trade war and tariff.
Market trends for the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market include multi-laser architectures enabling serial production, scaling additive manufacturing for large rocket and propulsion structures, strategic partnerships driving additive manufacturing qualification, expansion of additive manufacturing into military propulsion technologies and expansion of industrial-grade additive manufacturing production capacity to increase build volumes for aerospace manufacturing.
The aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market is segmented by technology into direct metal laser sintering (DMLS), fused deposition modeling (FDM), continuous liquid interface production (CLIP), stereolithography (SLA), selective laser sintering (SLS) and other technologies. The direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) market was the largest segment of the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market segmented by technology, accounting for 25.9% or $1.34 billion of the total in 2025. Going forward, the other technologies segment is expected to be the fastest-growing segment in the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market segmented by technology, at a CAGR of 19.7% during 2025-2030.
The aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market is segmented by material into metal, plastic, rubber and other materials. The metal was the largest segment of the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market segmented by material, accounting for 57.9% or $3.0 billion of the total in 2025. Going forward, the other materials segment is expected to be the fastest-growing segment in the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market segmented by material, at a CAGR of 18.1% during 2025-2030.
The aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market is segmented by platform into aviation, defense and space. The aviation was the largest segment of the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market segmented by platform, accounting for 52.6% or $2.73 billion of the total in 2025. Going forward, the space segment is expected to be the fastest-growing segment in the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market segmented by platform, at a CAGR of 21.6% during 2025-2030.
The aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market is segmented by application into engine component, space component, structural component, defense equipment and other application. The engine component market was the largest segment of the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market segmented by application, accounting for 41.5% or $2.15 billion of the total in 2025. Going forward, the space component segment is expected to be the fastest-growing segment in the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market segmented by application, at a CAGR of 18.4% during 2025-2030.
North America was the largest region in the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market, accounting for 37.5% or $1.92 billion of the total in 2025. It was followed by Western Europe, Asia Pacific and then the other regions. Going forward, the fastest-growing regions in the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market will be Asia Pacific and Western Europe where growth will be at CAGRs of 17.4% and 15.9% respectively. These will be followed by Middle East and North America where the markets are expected to grow at CAGRs of 13.9% and 13.8% respectively.
The global aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market is fairly concentrated, with large players operating in the market. The top 10 competitors in the market made up 36.75% of the total market in 2024. GE Aerospace (General Electric Company) was the largest competitor with a 5.08% share of the market, followed by Stratasys Ltd. with 4.60%, Honeywell International Inc. with 4.14%, The Boeing Company with 3.85%, Airbus SE with 3.51%, 3D Systems Corporation with 3.35%, Northrop Grumman Corporation with 3.14%, Renishaw plc with 3.12%, Moog Inc. with 2.98% and Safran SA with 2.97%.
The top opportunities in the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market segmented by technology will arise in the direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) segment, which will gain $1.67 billion of global annual sales by 2030. The top opportunities in the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market segmented by material will arise in the metal segment, which will gain $3.57 billion of global annual sales by 2030. The top opportunities in the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market segmented by platform will arise in the aviation segment, which will gain $2.09 billion of global annual sales by 2030. The top opportunities in the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market segmented by application will arise in the engine component segment, which will gain $2.15 billion of global annual sales by 2030. The aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market size will gain the most in the USA at $1.51 billion.
Player-adopted strategies in the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market include focus on launching high-throughput, production-scale metal AM (additive manufacturing) systems, establishing large-format, end-to-end additive manufacturing facilities, strategic collaborations, government partnerships, and long-term contracts, establishing specialized business units and launching defense-focused AM capabilities and scaling industrial-grade metal AM (Additive Manufacturing) capacity.
Market-trend-based strategies for the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market include focus on expanding its business capabilities through strategic investments, through strategic innovation and through strategic developments.
To take advantage of the opportunities, the analyst recommends the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing companies to focus on high-throughput metal additive manufacturing for aerospace and défense, focus on large-format additive manufacturing for aerospace and propulsion, focus on strategic partnerships to accelerate additive manufacturing qualification, focus on expanding additive manufacturing for military propulsion, focus on scaling industrial-grade additive manufacturing capacity, focus on expanding adoption of next-generation high-throughput am technologies, focus on advanced materials for high-performance aerospace applications, focus on space applications for high-growth additive manufacturing, expand in emerging markets, continue to focus on developed markets, focus on expanding distribution networks for additive manufacturing, focus on value-based pricing strategies for additive manufacturing, focus on targeted industry engagement and awareness, focus on collaborative marketing and strategic partnerships, focus on space components for high-growth additive manufacturing.
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The global aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market reached a value of nearly $5.19 billion in 2025, having grown at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.7% since 2020. The market is expected to grow from $5.19 billion in 2025 to $10.52 billion in 2030 at a rate of 15.2%. The market is then expected to grow at a CAGR of 14.5% from 2030 and reach $20.7 billion in 2035.
Growth in the historic period resulted from increasing aircraft order worldwide, increasing demand for lightweight and fuel-efficient aerospace components, growth of unmanned aerial vehicles and autonomous defense systems and government and defense investments in additive manufacturing techniques. Factors that negatively affected growth in the historic period were high initial capital costs and material limitations and qualification issues.
Going forward, growth in space and advanced aviation programs, increased adoption of additive manufacturing in hypersonic programs, growth of defense modernization programs and growth in aerospace maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) activities will drive the growth. Factors that could hinder the growth of the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market in the future include stringent certification requirements, lack of skilled workforce with aerospace additive manufacturing and impact of trade war and tariff.
Market trends for the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market include multi-laser architectures enabling serial production, scaling additive manufacturing for large rocket and propulsion structures, strategic partnerships driving additive manufacturing qualification, expansion of additive manufacturing into military propulsion technologies and expansion of industrial-grade additive manufacturing production capacity to increase build volumes for aerospace manufacturing.
The aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market is segmented by technology into direct metal laser sintering (DMLS), fused deposition modeling (FDM), continuous liquid interface production (CLIP), stereolithography (SLA), selective laser sintering (SLS) and other technologies. The direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) market was the largest segment of the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market segmented by technology, accounting for 25.9% or $1.34 billion of the total in 2025. Going forward, the other technologies segment is expected to be the fastest-growing segment in the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market segmented by technology, at a CAGR of 19.7% during 2025-2030.
The aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market is segmented by material into metal, plastic, rubber and other materials. The metal was the largest segment of the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market segmented by material, accounting for 57.9% or $3.0 billion of the total in 2025. Going forward, the other materials segment is expected to be the fastest-growing segment in the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market segmented by material, at a CAGR of 18.1% during 2025-2030.
The aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market is segmented by platform into aviation, defense and space. The aviation was the largest segment of the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market segmented by platform, accounting for 52.6% or $2.73 billion of the total in 2025. Going forward, the space segment is expected to be the fastest-growing segment in the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market segmented by platform, at a CAGR of 21.6% during 2025-2030.
The aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market is segmented by application into engine component, space component, structural component, defense equipment and other application. The engine component market was the largest segment of the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market segmented by application, accounting for 41.5% or $2.15 billion of the total in 2025. Going forward, the space component segment is expected to be the fastest-growing segment in the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market segmented by application, at a CAGR of 18.4% during 2025-2030.
North America was the largest region in the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market, accounting for 37.5% or $1.92 billion of the total in 2025. It was followed by Western Europe, Asia Pacific and then the other regions. Going forward, the fastest-growing regions in the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market will be Asia Pacific and Western Europe where growth will be at CAGRs of 17.4% and 15.9% respectively. These will be followed by Middle East and North America where the markets are expected to grow at CAGRs of 13.9% and 13.8% respectively.
The global aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market is fairly concentrated, with large players operating in the market. The top 10 competitors in the market made up 36.75% of the total market in 2024. GE Aerospace (General Electric Company) was the largest competitor with a 5.08% share of the market, followed by Stratasys Ltd. with 4.60%, Honeywell International Inc. with 4.14%, The Boeing Company with 3.85%, Airbus SE with 3.51%, 3D Systems Corporation with 3.35%, Northrop Grumman Corporation with 3.14%, Renishaw plc with 3.12%, Moog Inc. with 2.98% and Safran SA with 2.97%.
The top opportunities in the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market segmented by technology will arise in the direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) segment, which will gain $1.67 billion of global annual sales by 2030. The top opportunities in the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market segmented by material will arise in the metal segment, which will gain $3.57 billion of global annual sales by 2030. The top opportunities in the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market segmented by platform will arise in the aviation segment, which will gain $2.09 billion of global annual sales by 2030. The top opportunities in the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market segmented by application will arise in the engine component segment, which will gain $2.15 billion of global annual sales by 2030. The aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market size will gain the most in the USA at $1.51 billion.
Player-adopted strategies in the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market include focus on launching high-throughput, production-scale metal AM (additive manufacturing) systems, establishing large-format, end-to-end additive manufacturing facilities, strategic collaborations, government partnerships, and long-term contracts, establishing specialized business units and launching defense-focused AM capabilities and scaling industrial-grade metal AM (Additive Manufacturing) capacity.
Market-trend-based strategies for the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market include focus on expanding its business capabilities through strategic investments, through strategic innovation and through strategic developments.
To take advantage of the opportunities, the analyst recommends the aerospace and defense additive manufacturing companies to focus on high-throughput metal additive manufacturing for aerospace and défense, focus on large-format additive manufacturing for aerospace and propulsion, focus on strategic partnerships to accelerate additive manufacturing qualification, focus on expanding additive manufacturing for military propulsion, focus on scaling industrial-grade additive manufacturing capacity, focus on expanding adoption of next-generation high-throughput am technologies, focus on advanced materials for high-performance aerospace applications, focus on space applications for high-growth additive manufacturing, expand in emerging markets, continue to focus on developed markets, focus on expanding distribution networks for additive manufacturing, focus on value-based pricing strategies for additive manufacturing, focus on targeted industry engagement and awareness, focus on collaborative marketing and strategic partnerships, focus on space components for high-growth additive manufacturing.
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Table of Contents
1 Executive Summary
6 Market Characteristics
7 Aerospace and Defense Additive Manufacturing Market, Supply Chain Analysis
8 Major Market Trends
9 Global Aerospace and Defense Additive Manufacturing Growth Analysis and Strategic Analysis Framework
10 Global Aerospace and Defense Additive Manufacturing Market Size and Growth Analysis
11 Global Aerospace and Defense Additive Manufacturing Total Addressable Market (TAM) Analysis
12 Global Aerospace and Defense Additive Manufacturing Market Segmentation
13 Aerospace and Defense Additive Manufacturing Market, Regional and Country Analysis
14 Asia-Pacific Market
15 South East Asia Market
16 Western Europe Market
17 Eastern Europe Market
18 North America Market
19 South America Market
20 Middle East Market
21 Africa Market
22 Competitive Landscape and Company Profiles
23 Other Major and Innovative Companies
26 Aerospace and Defense Additive Manufacturing Market - Company Scoring Matrix
28 Key Mergers and Acquisitions
29 Recent Developments in Aerospace and Defense Additive Manufacturing
30 Opportunities and Strategies
31 Aerospace and Defense Additive Manufacturing Market, Conclusions and Recommendations
32 Appendix
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Description
Where is the largest and fastest-growing market for aerospace and defense additive manufacturing? How does the market relate to the overall economy; demography and other similar markets? What forces will shape the market going forward? The aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market global report answers all these questions and many more.The report covers market characteristics; size and growth; segmentation; regional and country breakdowns; competitive landscape; market shares; trends and strategies for this market. It traces the market's history and forecasts market growth by geography. It places the market within the context of the wider aerospace and defense additive manufacturing market; and compares it with other markets.
The report covers the following chapters
- Introduction and Market Characteristics: Brief introduction to the segmentations covered in the market, definitions and explanations about the segment by technology, by material, by platform, by application.
- Key Trends: Highlights the major trends shaping the global market. This section also highlights likely future developments in the market.
- Growth Analysis and Strategic Analysis Framework: Analysis on PESTEL, end use industries, market growth rate, global historic (2020-2025) and forecast (2025-2030, 2035F) market values and drivers and restraints that support and control the growth of the market in the historic and forecast periods, forecast growth contributors and total addressable market (TAM).
- Global Market Size and Growth: Global historic (2020-2025) and forecast (2025-2030, 2035F) market values and drivers and restraints that support and control the growth of the market in the historic and forecast periods.
- Regional and Country Analysis: Historic (2020-2025) and forecast (2025-2030, 2035F) market values and growth and market share comparison by region and country.
- Market Segmentation: Contains the market values (2020-2025) (2025-2030, 2035F) and analysis for each segment by technology, by material, by platform, by application in the market.
- Regional Market Size and Growth: Regional market size (2025), historic (2020-2025) and forecast (2025-2030, 2035F) market values and growth and market share comparison of countries within the region. This report includes information on all the regions Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East and Africa and major countries within each region.
- Competitive Landscape: Details on the competitive landscape of the market, estimated market shares and company profiles of the leading players.
- Other Major and Innovative Companies: Details on the company profiles of other major and innovative companies in the market.
- Key Mergers and Acquisitions: Information on recent mergers and acquisitions in the market covered in the report.
- Recent Developments: Information on recent developments in the market covered in the report.
- Market Opportunities and Strategies: Describes market opportunities and strategies based on findings of the research, with information on growth opportunities across countries, segments and strategies to be followed in those markets.
- Conclusions and Recommendations: This section includes recommendations for aerospace and defense additive manufacturing providers in terms of product/service offerings, geographic expansion, marketing strategies and target groups.
- Appendix: This section includes details on the NAICS codes covered, abbreviations and currencies codes used in this report.
1) By Technology: Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS); Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM); Continuous Liquid Interface Production (CLIP); Stereolithography (SLA); Selective Laser Sintering (SLS); Other Technologies
2) By Material: Metal; Plastic; Rubber; Other Materials
3) By Platform: Aviation; Defense; Space
4) By Application: Engine Component; Space Component; Structural Component; Defense Equipment; Other Application
Companies Mentioned: GE Aerospace (General Electric Company); Stratasys Ltd.; Honeywell International Inc.; The Boeing Company; Airbus SE
Countries: China; Australia; India; Indonesia; Japan; South Korea; Taiwan; USA; Canada; Brazil; France; Germany; UK; Italy; Spain; Russia
Regions: Asia-Pacific; Western Europe; Eastern Europe; North America; South America; Middle East; Africa; South East Asia
Time Series: Five years historic and ten years forecast.
Data: Ratios of market size and growth to related markets; GDP proportions; expenditure per capita; aerospace and defense additive manufacturing indicators comparison.
Data segmentations: country and regional historic and forecast data; market share of competitors; market segments.
Sourcing and Referencing: Data and analysis throughout the report is sourced using end notes.
Companies Mentioned
- GE Aerospace (General Electric Company)
- Stratasys Ltd.
- Honeywell International Inc.
- The Boeing Company
- Airbus SE
- 3D Systems Corporation
- Northrop Grumman Corporation
- Renishaw plc
- Moog Inc.
- Safran SA
- Lockheed Martin Corporation
- RTX Corporation (Raytheon)
- BAE Systems plc
- MTU Aero Engines AG
- Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC)
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI)
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. (KHI)
- IHI Corporation (IHI Aerospace)
- INNOSPACE
- Oqton
- Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI)
- Hanwha Aerospace
- Agnikul Cosmos
- Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC)
- Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
- ST Engineering Aerospace
- BEAMIT Group
- Saab AB
- GKN Aerospace
- CRP Technology
- Leonardo S.p.A.
- United Aircraft Corporation (UAC)
- PZL Mielec
- Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ)
- ATI Inc.
- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
- Burloak Technologies
- Agile Manufacturing Inc.
- Upsurge Additive Manufacturing Ltd.
- Embraer S.A.
- Avibras
- INVAP S.E.
- National Additive Manufacturing and Innovation Company (NAMI)
- Thales Group
- Aerosud
- Denel Aerostructures
