Australian metal additive manufacturing company AML3D Limited has secured an order worth approximately $1.2 million for a small edition of its ARCEMY 3D printing system, to be delivered to the US Navy’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence in Danville, Virginia.
The contract, placed by Austal USA, includes the delivery of the ARCEMY Small system pre-mounted inside a 20-foot shipping container, enabling rapid installation and future mobility.
According to AML3D, this approach will reduce installation time from two to three weeks to just two to three days.
“This ARCEMY Small system, pre-installed in a shipping container, provides the facility with all the benefits of high-quality small part manufacturing, with massively reduced lead times,” said Pete Goumas, President and CEO of AML3D USA Inc.
“Just as importantly, it demonstrates how portable ARCEMY systems can be and opens up another potentially significant market opportunity—fully forward, point-of-need, deployable systems that meet US military specifications.”
The system will complement AML3D’s larger ARCEMY X system, which is already operational at the Danville facility.
The ARCEMY Small is expected to support technological development and small part production and act as a demonstration of the company’s capacity to deliver portable additive manufacturing solutions for forward deployment by the military.
AML3D said the flexibility of the container-mounted design will allow Austal USA to redeploy the system as needed, supporting the ongoing expansion of additive manufacturing capabilities at the Center of Excellence.
Delivery is scheduled for January 2026, with staged payments to be made at order placement, delivery, testing, and commissioning milestones.
CEO Sean Ebert described the order as a step forward in AML3D’s efforts to expand its role in global defense supply chains.
“It was clear during my recent visit to the US that we have only just begun to unlock the huge opportunity for AML3D’s advanced manufacturing technology to support the US military and its wider supply chain,” Ebert said.
“The opportunity to deploy this highly flexible ARCEMY Small pre-mounted solution further broadens the ARCEMY® use cases for the US military and commercial sectors as well as other globally important defense and non-defense markets such as the UK and Australia.”
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