AML3D to supply $1.2M portable ARCEMY to Austal USA for US Navy deployment
AML3D Limited, headquartered in Edinburgh, Australia, has secured an AUS $1.2 million order from Austal USA for a small edition ARCEMY Additive Manufacturing machine. The ARCEMY Small will be housed in a standard 20 ft (6 m) shipping container and delivered to the US Navy’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence in Danville, Virginia, operated by Austal USA.
Pre-mounting the ARCEMY Small in a shipping container significantly reduces installation time from 2-3 weeks to just 2-3 days. It can be easily deployed to a shop floor or any external pad with a power supply. This flexibility will enable easy redeployment as Austal USA’s Danville facility expands.
The ARCEMY small edition will complement the ARCEMY X, AML3D’s largest standard AM machine, which is already operational at Danville.
The ARCEMY Small will be used to accelerate technological development and small part manufacturing at Danville. It is also intended to be displayed as a precursor to a portable system, which could be used for forward deployment to provide point-of-need AM to multiple branches of the US military.
“It is very exciting to be continuing building our relationship with Austal USA and our presence at the US Navy’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence,” stated Pete Goumas, president & CEO of AML3D USA. “Our 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. 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.”
“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. ARCEMY systems are already being used to support the US Navy’s Maritime Industrial Base across submarines, ship building and munitions. 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 defence and non-defence markets such as the UK and Australia,” Goumas added.
Delivery of the ARCEMY Small is expected to take place in January 2026.
