SPEE3D Chosen by the British Army for the US Army’s Project Convergence Exercise

In collaboration with the British Army, SPEE3D will demonstrate its WarpSPEE3D Printer at the US Army’s Project Convergence  2022, showcasing the benefits of Additive Manufacturing (3D printing) technology to Defence.

The SPEE3D team has joined Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) troops at Ft Irwin, California, making parts of consequence for a multi-national training force. Due to the world-leading, high-speed capabilities of its technology, the British Army has requested the company’s support throughout the US Army Future Command’s Project Convergence 2022, as part of a concept assessment.

As one of the first additive manufacturing companies to partner with the British Army, SPEE3D will be showcasing the WarpSPEE3D printer’s deployable technology to print metal 3D printed parts in the field, and in various conditions throughout the exercise.

Project Convergence is a flagship learning, experimentation and demonstration campaign run by the US Army’s Futures Command. From October 30 to November 9, Project Convergence will evaluate approximately 300 technologies, focusing on advancing joint and multinational interoperability in future operational environments. Several thousand US, UK, and Australian service members, researchers, and industry partners are there to experiment with – and assess – these new advancements.

“We are thrilled to be invited by the British Army to collaborate and explore the capabilities and logistical impact of our additive manufacturing technology for the military,” said Byron Kennedy, Co-Founder, and CEO of SPEE3D. “Our partnership over the last two years with them has validated the need for 3D metal printing to solve a myriad of challenges the military faces, and in rough terrain where they need a deployable and easy-to-use solution to print important parts quickly.”

“SPEE3D regularly works with defence worldwide to showcase their innovative additive manufacturing technologies to help solve some of the military’s most pressing supply chain issues,” said the British Army’s LTCOL Davidson Reith.

The company’s unique, patented technology is 1,000 times faster than traditional 3D metal printing, enabling the world’s most affordable additive manufacturing process to produce industrial quality metal parts anywhere in just minutes. SPEE3D’s process operates with compressed air and electricity, and so does not rely on helium or other gasses, unlike large additive manufacturing printers. With the release of its Phaser Nozzle, announced earlier this year, the process can currently produce parts from over 12 material sets, including copper, stainless steel, titanium, high-strength aluminium, and nickel-based carbides, with more in development.

In September, SPEE3D’s WarpSPEE3D was the first metal 3D printer in the world to be able to successfully manufacture metal parts on a US Navy ship during the US Navy’s REPTX trial. In October the company unveiled XSPEE3D – the world’s fastest all-in-one containerized metal 3D printer that is highly mobile, easy to use, and can prints parts from anywhere in minutes. XSPEE3D was developed specifically for the military based on our experiences with the Australian Army during their world-first metal 3D printing trials during 2020 and 2021.