Velo3D and Vaya Space enter $4M partnership to advance space propulsion
June 12, 2025
Velo3D, Inc, Fremont, California, USA, has signed a $4 million, two-year Master Services Agreement with Vaya Space, a hybrid rocket company focused on space propulsion systems based in Cocoa, Florida.
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As Vaya’s key strategic partner in propulsion development, Velo3D’s Rapid Production Solution (RPS) will be used to enable the accelerated manufacturing of critical propulsion system components and meeting key development timelines. Vaya will build on its use of Velo3D’s Additive Manufacturing technologies – it has additively manufactured an expander cycle hybrid rocket engine on the company’s Sapphire machine – to produce GRCop42 and Inconel 718 parts. These propulsion parts will be manufactured on both Sapphire and XC1MZ AM machines.
As part of the partnership, Velo3D will also serve as Vaya Space’s exclusive provider of GRCop42 additive components, delivering guaranteed capacity, advanced engineering support, and Flow software training intended to streamline design-to-production cycles for propulsion assemblies, including nozzles, injectors, and turbopumps, through 2027. The two companies will work collaboratively to produce high-quality engine components for aerospace and defence applications faster and at a lower cost than traditionally achievable.
“This partnership is a powerful example of how our Rapid Production Solution helps scale complex hardware manufacturing for today’s most ambitious aerospace companies,” said Dr Arun Jeldi, CEO of Velo3D. “By combining our capabilities in GRCop42 and Inconel 718 with deep engineering collaboration, we’re helping Vaya Space achieve faster, more cost-effective production – right here in the United States.”
“Additive Manufacturing plays a central role in our ability to reduce design complexity, increase performance, and scale production,” said Aaron Blankenship, Vice President of Operations at Vaya Space. “Velo3D offers the production readiness, material capabilities, and deep technical partnership we need to bring our vision to life and deliver flight-ready engines on schedule.”
The agreement includes a joint marketing roadmap and formal signing event at Vaya Space’s testing facility in Cocoa, Florida, where one of the propulsion systems produced with Velo3D parts will be on display.
