AML3D has announced an approximately $2.2 million initial order for a large-scale, Arcemy X system from US Navy prime contractor Northrop Grumman Marine Systems, following a competitive tender process.
"This contract is an important milestone for Northrop Grumman and for Australian industry. AML3D is the first Australian supplier we've engaged for submarine industrial base manufacturing. By joining our Australian supply chain, AML3D will play an important role across multiple programs, accelerating SIB manufacturing in the United States," Northrop Grumman, Country Executive Australia, Rob Denney, said.
Northrop Grumman is a key supplier to the US Navy, providing critical components for naval propulsion, power generation, and missile launch systems. The order includes a two-year maintenance and services package.
"Beginning work with Northrop Grumman is very exciting for AML3D and further validates Arcemy as a technology solution for critical US Navy supply-chain requirements. The Board and management have worked closely and diligently to develop and implement AML3D’s US Scale-up growth strategy and supplying our technology to another major US prime contractor strongly endorses that strategy and our ability to convert demand into commercial orders," AML3D CEO, Sean Ebert, said.
AML3D has a track record of supplying Arcemy systems to solve US Navy supply chain constraints impacting submarine and naval shipbuilding programs.
The Arcemy X will be supplied from AML3D’s US technology center in Stow Ohio, and installed at Northrop Grumman’s manufacturing facility in Sunnyvale, California, known as NGC-Sunnyvale.
The terms for the approximately $2.2 million order include a 50 per cent payment upon completion of the initial project milestone, with subsequent milestone payments through final installation, which is expected in the fourth quarter of the 2027 financial year.
It is an expansion of AML3D’s strategy to drive US growth by becoming increasingly embedded in US Navy's Marine Industrial Base (MIB) supply chain.
AML3D now has contracts in place covering 17 Arcemy systems in the US, with major prime contractors including Newport News Shipbuilding, Austal USA, Cogitic and Laser Welding Solutions.