• Austal USA and AML3D expand partnership to support Maritime Industrial Base
• AML3D delivers first portable ARCEMY system to US Navy's Additive Manufacturing Centre of Excellence
• Portable ARCEMY triggers final payment of ~AU$1.2 million order from Austal USA

AML3D Limited (ASX:AL3) and Austal USA have announced the completion of the order for delivery of AML3D's first portable ARCEMY® small edition ('portable ARCEMY') to the US Navy's Additive Manufacturing Centre of Excellence (AM CoE) in Danville, Virginia. 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. The successful completion of factory acceptance testing and installation of this first portable ARCEMY triggers the final 50% payment of the ~AU$1.2 million order. 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 US military.

The successful completion of the order for the first portable ARCEMY system triggers the final 50% payment of the ~AU$1.2 million order from Austal USA.

The addition of the portable ARCEMY brings Austal USA's fleet of customised ARCEMY® systems to three at the US Navy's Danville Center of excellence. AML3D and Austal USA see a huge opportunity to support the US Navy's Maritime Industrial Base, with the US Navy indicating a need for up to 100 additive manufacturing systems and 3,400 additively manufactured parts by 2030.