U.S. Air Force orders second RoboCraftsman for aircraft sustainment
The U.S. Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office awarded Machina Labs a second RoboCraftsman contract, taking disclosed defence awards to $14 million.
Evidence notes
- The system was assigned to the University of Dayton Research Institute for training and qualification of replacement aircraft parts.
- RoboCraftsman combines forming, scanning, trimming and drilling in a portable manufacturing system.
- Machina said the unit can be deployed in less than a day for depot or forward-site production.
Company context
Machina Labs builds and operates software-defined factories for production-grade metal structures used in defence, aerospace and advanced mobility. Its RoboCraftsman cells combine seven-axis robotics, autonomous material handling and closed-loop AI controls to form, scan, trim, drill and increasingly join large sheet-metal parts without geometry-specific tooling. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles.