MOBILE, ALA. - Austal USA and AML3D Limited (ASX:AL3) ("AML3D" or "the Company") are pleased to announce completion of the order for delivery of AML3D’s first portable ARCEMY® small edition (“portable ARCEMY”) to the U.S. Navy’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) in Danville, Virginia (“Danville”). Austal USA, which runs the AM CoE, ordered the portable ARCEMY, mounted in a 20-foot (~6 meter) shipping container to allow for fast and flexible deployment. The portable ARCEMY will be used to accelerate technological development and component manufacturing at Danville and add to the existing fleet of two custom large scale ARCEMY® X systems.
Pre-mounting the portable ARCEMY in a shipping container allows for the easy redeployment of the system as Austal USA’s additive manufacturing operations at Danville expand. The field service time to reinstall the portable system can be as little as to 1-2 days compared to 2 – 3 weeks for a fixed system.
It is expected the flexible deployment profile of the portable ARCEMY will also demonstrate its potential use for forward deployment by multiple branches of the U.S. military. ARCEMY® technology is already used to manufacture components that meet U.S. military specifications. The portable ARCEMY provides point of need additive manufacturing that delivers high-quality parts with significantly reduced lead times.
Austal USA Vice President Submarine Programs and Advanced Technologies Don Hairston said: “At Austal USA, our growing relationship with AML3D reflects a shared vision to redefine what’s possible in advanced manufacturing. The introduction of a containerized, fully deployable additive manufacturing system is a game-changer—it not only increases our capability at the U.S. Navy AM CoE, but it also allows us to demonstrate production directly at the point of need. Together, we’re not just enhancing supply chains—we’re transforming them, delivering next-generation capability exactly where and when it matters most.”
AML3D CEO Sean Ebert said: “It is exciting to continue to build our relationship with Austal USA. The success of this first portable, containerized system demonstrates how AML3D can flex its technology to meet multiple U.S. military and industrial manufacturing use cases. The addition of the portable ARCEMY brings Austal USA’s fleet of customized ARCEMY® systems to three at the U.S. Navy’s Danville Center of excellence. And we still are only just beginning to access the huge opportunity to support the U.S. Navy’s Maritime Industrial Base outlined in the Letter of Intent we received from the U.S. Navy that indicated a need for up to 100 additive manufacturing systems and 3,400 additively manufactured parts by 2030.”