• The custom ARCEMY® system for Austal USA is the largest ever built
• The system supports Austal USA's drive to further embed additive manufacturing into the U.S. Navy's supply chain
• The system is integral to the additive manufacturing (AM) capability being developed by Austal USA

AML3D Limited (ASX:AL3) has announced the successful delivery and installation of the largest custom ARCEMY® system ever built. The system was installed at the U.S. Navy's Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence in Danville, Virginia, which is operated by Austal USA. The custom ARCEMY® system features an 11,000kg positioner and a linear rail of over four meters, creating a build volume of up to approximately 35 cubic meters. This system is integral to the additive manufacturing (AM) capability being developed by Austal USA to support the U.S. Navy and other defense customers. Austal USA is leading the Navy's Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence, which is the U.S. Navy's flagship for AM components to meet current shipbuilding requirements, ship repair, and the construction of the next generation of ships and boats. The successful delivery of this custom ARCEMY® system aligns with AML3D's ambitions to expand its U.S. defense work, building on its existing track record of deploying its Wire Additive Manufacturing (WAM®) technology in support of the U.S. Navy submarine industrial base. AML3D CEO Sean Ebert expressed confidence that the company will see an acceleration in U.S. Defense contract wins and further success in accessing additional sectors such as U.S. Utilities, Aerospace, and Oil and Gas, as additive manufacturing continues to be endorsed for use in supporting U.S. Navy shipbuilding and missile manufacturing.

The U.S. Government's 'Make Shipbuilding Great Again' initiatives are set to expand, by a factor of three, the potential U.S. Defense markets AML3D's additive manufacturing technology can address. Additive is now endorsed for use to support US Navy shipbuilding and missile manufacturing, which are markets AML3D already had plans to access directly and through its relationships with key suppliers to the US Navy Marine Industrial base, such as Austal USA.