AML3D Turns First Profit Half-Year as Defense and US Demand Grow

Australian metal 3D printing company AML3D has recorded its first-ever profitable half-year, booking EBITDA of $608,000 for the six months to 30 June 2026. Revenue for the full financial year jumped 70%, closing at a level that finally moves the company beyond survival mode and into growth mode.

The result did not happen by accident. Over the past 18 months, AML3D stacked a series of credibility-building moves: it earned AS9100D, DNV, and Lloyd's Register certifications covering most of the global class-certified marine market, hired the Navy's former Maritime Industrial Base program manager onto its US board, and advanced a multi-robot twin-wire deposition project aimed at printing larger parts faster.

Defense drives the numbers

The immediate revenue engine remains US defense contracts. Austal USA ordered an ARCEMY Small Edition system for the Navy's Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence in Danville, Virginia. HII placed a $9.9 million order for four ARCEMY X systems at Newport News Shipbuilding. Those deals sit alongside a 14-system Navy supply chain commitment already in place.

Managing Director Sean Ebert said the company is beginning to see returns from its push beyond core defense work. Demand that supported FY26 performance has continued into FY27. AML3D has $16.8 million in orders already in hand and a global sales pipeline worth $78 million.

Where the money goes next

Cash at bank finished the year at $26.7 million. The company plans to spend $12 million to double manufacturing capacity in the United States, $5 million on a new UK Technology Centre, and $2.24 million on next-generation manufacturing technology back in Australia.

The expansion is a deliberate geographic spread: Australia for technology development, the US for defense-scale manufacturing, and the UK for European market access. If AML3D can convert even a portion of its pipeline into signed contracts, the next financial year could look very different from the last.