Velo3D and Vaya Space Announce $4 Million Partnership

Velo3D announced a strategic partnership with Vaya Space, a hybrid rocket company focused on space propulsion systems. The two companies have signed a $4 million, two-year master services agreement (MSA) to collaborate on production efforts in high-performance additive manufacturing.

Vaya Space selected Velo3D as a key strategic partner in its propulsion development roadmap. Under the agreement, Vaya Space will leverage Velo3D's Rapid Production Solution (RPS) to accelerate production of propulsion system components and meet development timelines. Utilizing Velo3D's Sapphire XC and XC1MZ printers, Vaya Space will print parts in GRCop42—a NASA-developed copper alloy for high-heat transfer—and Inconel 718, a superalloy known for strength and thermal resilience in aerospace applications. Vaya currently uses the Sapphire platform to produce an expander cycle hybrid rocket engine.

As part of the partnership, Velo3D will serve as Vaya Space's exclusive provider of GRCop42 additive components, delivering capacity, advanced engineering support, and Flow software training to streamline design-to-production cycles for propulsion assemblies including nozzles, injectors, and turbopumps through 2027. The two companies will work collaboratively to produce engine components for aerospace and defense applications faster and at a lower cost than previously done.

"This partnership is a powerful example of how our Rapid Production Solution helps scale complex hardware manufacturing for today's most ambitious aerospace companies," says Dr. Arun Jeldi, CEO of Velo3D. "By combining our capabilities in GRCop42 and Inconel 718 with deep engineering collaboration, we're helping Vaya Space achieve faster, more cost-effective production—right here in the United States."

"Additive manufacturing plays a central role in our ability to reduce design complexity, increase performance, and scale production," says Aaron Blankenship, vice president of Operations at Vaya Space. "Velo3D offers the production readiness, material capabilities, and deep technical partnership we need to bring our vision to life and deliver flight-ready engines on schedule."

The MSA includes a joint marketing roadmap and formal signing event at Vaya Space's testing facility in Cocoa, Florida, where one of the propulsion systems produced with Velo3D parts will be on display.

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