VulcanForms and Specter Aerospace partner to produce low-cost air-breathing hypersonic weapons at scale

VulcanForms/VulcanForms LPBF platform

VulcanForms and Specter Aerospace partnered to establish domestic manufacturing capacity for hypersonic weapons. Specter brings a decade of Pentagon-backed development of air-breathing hypersonic vehicles; VulcanForms brings high-power metal printing. Together they aim to shorten design cycles and reduce costs for low-cost hypersonic munitions, interceptors and targets for the Department of War.

• VulcanForms provides fully integrated metal additive manufacturing, machining, and inspection capabilities.
• Specter Aerospace brings vertically integrated production and testing for air-breathing hypersonic missiles.
• Nationwide site evaluation ongoing for dedicated production facility; existing sites activated immediately.
• Goal: deliver affordable hypersonic weapons to fighter aircraft and joint operations.