Titomic wins $5M US Air Force Cold Spray contract
Titomic Limited, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, has announced that its wholly owned US subsidiary, Titomic USA, Inc., has been awarded a US$5.0 million (AU$6.9 million) contract by the US Air Force to supply, integrate and commission a Next Generation Titomic Kinetic Fusion (TKF) High Pressure Cold Spray System at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Built around Titomic’s TKF 1000 high-pressure Cold Spray platform, the turnkey system will integrate industrial robotic automation, powder and gas management, process monitoring, safety systems and real-time quality verification. Titomic states that the capability is designed to support depot-level manufacturing and sustainment applications including component repair, dimensional restoration, corrosion and wear protection, Additive Manufacturing, hybrid manufacturing and multi-material deposition. The programme will be supported by Titomic USA from its operations in Huntsville, Alabama.
“With this award for the installation and commissioning of a TKF high-pressure Cold Spray system at Tinker Air Force Base, Titomic joins the capability suite of the largest US Air Force MRO facility in the nation,” said Jim Simpson, Managing Director & CEO at Titomic Limited.
“The USAF’s selection of Titomic as its high-pressure Cold Spray vendor marks an important milestone in our growth within the US Additive Manufacturing market. We are delivering more than a machine – we are establishing a partnership and providing an integrated, production-ready manufacturing capability combining TKF technology, automation, process monitoring, installation and training, as well as ongoing support. Deployments like this demonstrate the potential for Cold Spray to improve readiness, extend asset life and strengthen the US defence industrial base and warfighter readiness.”
Delivery is scheduled for the third quarter of 2027, with installation subject to customer site coordination and approvals.
