US Army Selects Velo3D as an Additive Manufacturing Vendor

Velo3D, Inc. has been selected as a qualified additive manufacturing (AM) vendor to support the U.S. Army's Ground Vehicle Systems Center's (GVSC) campaign of advancing qualified AM solutions throughout the Defense Industrial Base. 

Under a previous announcement, Velo3D is partnering with GVSC to develop and validate additively manufactured complex parts and assemblies.

Velo3D met all GVSC qualification criteria in less than 2 weeks to earn selection as the first qualified vendor under this program, Velo3D reports.  In partnership, the U.S. Army GVSC and Velo3D will validate the critical components on Velo3D's Sapphire family of standard and large-format advanced metal AM printers in both Aluminum CP1 and Inconel 718. 

"Accelerating AM solutions is a critical effort for the Army and GVSC,"  says Brandon Pender, associate director, GVSC Materials Engineering.  "Velo3D has the advanced AM technology we need within industry and the robust process, quality and material data available required to support our accelerated qualification process."

"Velo3D is humbly honored to support the U.S. Army and be the first of an important cohort of industrial base partners facilitating GVSC's rapid advancement of sustainment technologies at the speed of war—soldiers should expect nothing less from a company like ours," says Dr. Arun Jeldi, CEO of Velo3D. "Our Rapid Production Solution is a proven solution the Department of War and the broader national security community increasingly rely on to accelerate the delivery of critical advanced technologies."

All Velo3D Sapphire printers are assembled in the United States and capable of printing parts up to 600 mm in diameter and 1 meter in height, . This advancement expands addressable applications by enabling larger part production, while delivering laser powder bed fusion technology, including higher fidelity printing and Velo3D's layer-by-layer in-situ process monitoring.

Velo3D's systems meet Department of Ware cybersecurity standards and can connect securely to military networks.

About the U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center, based in Detroit, MI, is the Army's primary R&D organization for ground vehicle technology, electrification, survivability and advanced manufacturing. GVSC develops capabilities across the full vehicle lifecycle—from design and prototyping to sustainment and modernization. For more information, visit https://gvsc.devcom.army.mil/

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.