Event
Machina Labs wins $1.6M U.S. Air Force contract for robotic composite tooling
The U.S. Air Force awarded Machina Labs a $1.6 million AFWERX TACFI contract to advance robotic manufacture of metal tooling for high-rate composite production.
Evidence notes
- The programme focused on metal tooling for a fast-cure, out-of-autoclave composite process.
- Earlier AFRL work had validated Machina tooling for vacuum integrity, dimensional stability and thermal response.
- The contract advanced a large-envelope two-robot forming process intended to reduce tooling cost and lead time.
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.
Context
- Company
- Machina Labs
- Segment
- Industrial
- Event type
- Contract Award
- Added to Korthos
- Jul 15, 2026
- Geography
- Los Angeles, California · United States