AML3D commissions first two ARCEMY X machines for NNS
AML3D Limited, headquartered in Edinburgh, Australia, has announced the commissioning of the first two custom ARCEMY X Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing machines for Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of HII. The commissioning completes an initial order valued at approximately AUS $4.5 million and triggers a final payment of around AUS $892,000.
The two ARCEMY X machines supplied to NNS incorporate a 10,886 kg positioner, enabling the production of large-format components for shipbuilding applications. NNS has also placed a second order, valued at approximately AUS $9.9 million, for four additional ARCEMY X machines. These are scheduled for delivery in early 2027 from AML3D’s US technology and manufacturing facility in Stow, Ohio.
According to AML3D, NNS intends to use the six-system fleet to support the production of shipbuilding components through Additive Manufacturing, aiming to reduce lead times and provide alternatives to conventional manufacturing processes. The investment forms part of a broader programme of technology adoption intended to increase shipbuilding capacity and throughput.
AML3D stated that growing demand for ARCEMY Additive Manufacturing machines from organisations supporting the US Navy’s Maritime Industrial Base (MIB) reflects increasing interest in Additive Manufacturing technologies for defence applications. The company added that the demand supports its ongoing investment programme to expand manufacturing capacity in the USA.
“The strong and growing demand we are seeing from the US MIB is a ringing endorsement of AML3D’s US scale-up strategy,” stated Sean Ebert, CEO, AML3D. “We are doubling the capacity at Stow to ensure we are well positioned to maximise the opportunity outlined in the letter of intent we received from the US Navy earlier in the 2026 financial year that indicated a need for up to 100 Additive Manufacturing systems and 3,400 additively manufactured parts by 2030.”
“It is also pleasing to see the same demand signals that underpinned AML3D’s strategic push into the US market are emerging in other globally significant defence markets, in particular the UK, where AML3D has already won UK defence contracts,” he continued. ‘We are looking to leverage our US strategic playbook in Europe, with plans and funds to establish a European Technology and manufacturing hub as we have done in Stow. Establishing a European hub will position AML3D with manufacturing capability to support the USA, UK and Australia, the three signatories to the trilateral AUKUS defence partnership. We will also have the capacity to deliver on our strategic growth driver of accessing non-defence industrial manufacturing sectors across the US, Europe and Australia.”
