Sintavia to Build Additive Manufacturing Facility for U.S. Navy

Sintavia has been awarded a contract from Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc. to develop a dedicated additive manufacturing facility in support of the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. The vertically integrated facility will develop and additively manufacture advanced nuclear propulsion systems for in-production and in-development submarine programs of the U.S. Navy, including the next-generation nuclear-powered attack submarine.

“Additive technology—both with respect to design and manufacturing—is well-known to be a superior method for supplying complex systems across the Aerospace & Defense industry,” says Brian Neff, Sintavia's founder and CEO. “But a full adoption of the technology is not possible without investments in the materials, processes and quality systems needed to additively produce these difficult systems successfully and repeatedly—investments that Sintavia has been making over the past 7 years. As the U.S. Navy looks to develop advanced submarine platforms, it is imperative that additive technology plays a central role in that development.”

The new facility, located in Hollywood, FL, is expected to come online in the second quarter of 2023.

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