VulcanForms, an MIT-born company that builds and operates advanced digital manufacturing infrastructure, has appointed David Kalinske as Vice President and General Manager of Aerospace and Defense.

Kalinske is an industry leader and has held several executive roles in government services, manufacturing, commercial space, and defense companies. Most recently, he was President of TDX Government Services Group, which is comprised of companies that are industry leaders in power systems engineering, aerospace operations, and sustainment. Kalinske also held leadership roles for Lockheed Martin Advanced Development Programs, and served as Chief Revenue Officer for Morpheus Space.

Kalinske retired from the Marine Corps in 2014 after graduating from TopGun and serving as a weapons-school instructor and fighter-squadron commanding officer. He was also a National Security Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Additionally, he was a recipient of the Defense Superior Service Medal for superior meritorious service in a position of significant national responsibility for his work as a senior White House aide to Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

“David’s military service, aviation expertise, and executive and entrepreneurial background will be incredibly valuable as we expand initiatives for our current customers and scale our business in the aerospace and defense sector,” said Martin C. Feldmann, Co-Founder, President, and CEO of VulcanForms. “We are proud to work with leading companies in this industry to accelerate their ability to deliver innovative products, provide engineered solutions, and enhance national security.”

VulcanForms serves leading defense, aerospace, medical, and semiconductor companies – supplying precision-engineered components and assemblies. The company supplies over a dozen US Department of Defense programs, including the F35 Joint Strike Fighter and Patriot Air Defense System, has delivered thousands of components for the semiconductor industry, and is accelerating innovation in medical implants. By combining its breakthrough digital thread, its next-generation additive technology, materials engineering expertise, heat treatment capabilities, automated precision machining, and operational excellence, VulcanForms offers groundbreaking, US-based digital manufacturing infrastructure to the world’s most critical industries.

“There is a tremendous opportunity for industry leaders to benefit from VulcanForms’ groundbreaking technology and end-to-end manufacturing approach that delivers serial production capacity with zero capital investment. It’s a matter of educating key stakeholders in government, defense, and industry regarding the sheer size and scope of our ability to conduct digital manufacturing at scale,” said David Kalinske. “I’m excited to join the commercial team at this important time for the company as we continue to scale our capacity and capabilities, and deepen and expand our customer base.”

After announcing the launch of its first two digital production facilities in July 2022, VulcanForms has been working to more than quadruple its production throughput at VulcanOne, the world’s highest throughput laser metal additive foundry. The Devens, Mass. additive foundry is powered by a fleet of VulcanForms’ 100-kilowatt class laser printing systems. The Newburyport, Mass. facility, focused on automated precision machining and assembly operations, expects to double its production capacity while tripling its throughput within the next 12 months. With a combination of additive manufacturing, subtractive manufacturing, digital engineering, post-processing, assembly, and inspection services, VulcanForms enables customers to accelerate product innovation and realization at unprecedented speed and scale.