SPEE3D

03/11/2026

What does it take to get a deadlined vehicle back in service when the part is weeks away?

On Wednesday, November 18, SPEE3D's Darren Kitching and Casey Bain, former Program Manager at the University of Tennessee, walk through the Empowering the Warfighter partnership on a GlobalSpec webinar. From Bradleys in a training workshop to a ship at RIMPAC 2026, they show how soldiers, engineers and researchers worked together to make critical metal parts in the field, and what that means for sustainment teams.

Bradleys to Boats: Empowering the Warfighter through partnership
Wednesday, November 18, 9:00 AM ET
Register free: https://ap1.hubs.ly/H01vd1W0

03/11/2026

This Wednesday: Bradleys to Boats.
Darren Kitching and Casey Bain share what the Empowering the Warfighter partnership learned about making critical metal parts at the point of need, with a Q&A moderated by GlobalSpec.
Wednesday, November 18, 9:00 AM ET
Last chance to register: https://ap1.hubs.ly/H01vd5m0

14/09/2026

📣 We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Bryan O'Connor as SPEE3D's Global CEO.

Bryan brings more than 30 years of senior executive experience across the aerospace, defence and industrial automation sectors, including as General Manager Asia-Pacific Defence and Managing Director of Moog Australia, where he grew the company's regional defence business and expanded its presence across the Indo-Pacific.

Alongside this appointment, our co-founder Byron Kennedy will relocate to the United States to focus on growing SPEE3D's presence and partnerships across the region.

We're glad to have Bryan on board and excited for what's ahead. 🎉

Read the full announcement here 👉 https://ap1.hubs.ly/H01mN260

SPEE3D has recently appointed Bryan O’Connor as its Global Chief Executive Officer. He brings more than 30 years of senior executive experience across theSPEE3D appoints Bryan O’Connor as the company's new Global Chief Executive Officer. He brings more than 30 years of senior executive experienc...

25/08/2026

Our Expeditionary Manufacturing Unit (EMU) recently completed its first ever deployment at sea. ⚓

During RIMPAC 2026, one EMU operated aboard the MV Asterix while underway, producing mission-critical metal parts on an open deck and in heavy seas, supported by a second system stationed at the Knoxville Armory, providing a global reachback manufacturing capability.

Working with CAMRE at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory (ARL), the Tennessee Army National Guard, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) Defense Development and Applied Research Center (DARC), our cold spray systems produced 32 mission-critical metal parts for participating forces across a distributed manufacturing network spanning ship and shore.

Working through a Partnership Intermediary Agreement with Fleetwerx, CAMRE NPS deployed more than 50 advanced manufacturing technologies across the exercise, designed to deliver mission-critical readiness parts in days rather than months.

As our CEO, Byron Kennedy, put it: "That is what it means to bring production to the fight."

Read the full press release here 👉 https://ap1.hubs.ly/H01jNPC0

In the first at-sea deployment of a SPEE3D system, a US joint-branch effort took cold spray metal manufacturing aboard Canadian partner vessel MV Asterix, In the first at-sea deployment of a SPEE3D system, a US joint-branch effort took cold spray metal manufacturing aboard Canadian partner vessel MV...

19/08/2026

"If you end up in a position where you can't manufacture the chemicals, the pumps, and the equipment you need to keep a city alive, then ultimately, the people who do make that are in charge, and you are beholden to them."

Our CTO, Steven Camilleri, recently sat down with News24's Matt Cunningham to discuss his Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) report, 'Make Stuff Here... or Else', and what it means for the country if it continues to depend on others for critical production capability.

Published earlier this year, the 'Make Stuff Here... or Else' report sets out a practical framework for deciding which capabilities Australia must be able to produce, repair, or regenerate at home, and which it can safely source from trusted partners.

While the report reflects Steven's views as its author, we think it's a serious contribution to a debate that matters for the country, and we'd encourage anyone focused on industrial resilience to read it.

17/08/2026

27/07/2026

The Expeditionary Manufacturing Unit's (EMU) first deployment at sea. 🌊

SPEE3D's EMU is aboard the MV Asterix as part of the Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing Research and Education (CAMRE) at the Naval Postgraduate School's RIMPAC 2026 advanced manufacturing network, in partnership with Fleetwerx.

24/07/2026

All aboard for RIMPAC 2026. ⚓

The SPEE3D Expeditionary Manufacturing Unit (EMU) is aboard the MV Asterix, part of a distributed advanced manufacturing network of more than 50 manufacturing nodes led by the Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing Research and Education at the Naval Postgraduate School, in partnership with Fleetwerx.

We're honoured to be part of this effort, helping to put metal part production at the point of need, rather than at the end of a supply chain.

22/06/2026

Steven Camilleri, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of SPEE3D, has authored a report published by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)...

17/06/2026

Our co-founder and CTO Steven Camilleri has authored a new report published by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI): Make stuff here … or else. Read it here 👉 https://ap1.hubs.ly/y0ZRkJ0

It sets out a practical framework, the 'sovereignty countdown', for deciding which capabilities a nation must be able to produce, repair or regenerate at home, and which it can safely source from trusted partners.

While the report reflects Steven's views as its author, we think it's a serious contribution to a debate that matters for the country, and we'd encourage anyone working on industrial resilience to read it.