Austal USA orders portable ARCEMY Small from AML3D

AML3D, a developer of industrial metal 3D printing technology, has received an order for a small edition ARCEMY system from Austal USA, for approximately AUD$1.2 million (USD$780,000). The ARCEMY Small will be mounted in a 20-foot (~6-meter) shipping container and delivered to the US Navy’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence in Danville, Virginia, which is operated by Austal USA. Pre-mounting the ARCEMY Small in a shipping container is expected to reduce the field service time to install the system from 2-3 weeks to 2-3 days.

A pre-mounted ARCEMY Small can be easily deployed to a shop floor or an external pad that has a power supply. This flexibility will allow easy redeployment of the ARCEMY Small as Austal USA’s additive manufacturing operations at Danville expand, and the facility is reconfigured. Delivery of this system is expected to take place around January 2026 with payment made in stages – 50% upon order placement and then the balance upon delivery, testing, and commissioning.

This ARCEMY Small will be used to accelerate technological development and small part manufacturing at Danville. It is also intended for this system to be displayed as a precursor to a portable system, which could be used for forward deployment to provide point-of-need additive manufacturing 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. 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,” said Pete Goumas, President and CEO of AML3D USA Inc.

“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, shipbuilding, 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 defense and non-defense markets such as the UK and Australia,” said Sean Ebert, CEO of AML3D.