Velo3D and Sandia National Laboratories Sign Five-Year CRADA to Collaborate on Metal Additive Manufacturing
The umbrella agreement sets collaboration terms, while individual research projects require separate scoping and approval.
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Velo3D (Nasdaq: VELO) signed a five-year research cooperation agreement with Sandia National Laboratories on January 13, 2026, covering metal additive manufacturing.
The Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, or CRADA, establishes a framework for potential joint research relevant to the defense industrial base and energy infrastructure. Individual projects are scoped and approved separately under Project Task Statements. The parties intend to explore part reliability, repeatability across machines and sites, materials development, workforce development and technology transfer. Velo3D expects to share findings as the work progresses.
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- Minor pointFive-year agreement with Sandia National Laboratories establishes terms for joint metal additive manufacturing research.
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- Minor pointIndividual research projects require separate scoping and approval under the umbrella agreement.
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Key Figures
- Agreement term
- five years
- Umbrella CRADA with Sandia National Laboratories
Key Terms
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Five-year umbrella agreement formalizes the working relationship between the two organizations. Individual research projects are scoped and approved separately.
The CRADA is an umbrella agreement. It sets the terms under which the two organizations may work together, and individual projects are scoped separately under Project Task Statements. Areas the parties intend to explore include part reliability, repeatability across machines and sites, materials development, and workforce development and technology transfer.
"Sandia has decades of experience answering some of the nation's most challenging problems, with a diverse set of capabilities and areas of expertise," said Arun Jeldi, Chief Executive Officer of Velo3D. "Metal additive manufacturing research, in combination with Sandia's other capabilities, offers a tremendous opportunity to advance the state of the technology, and working with its team gives us a rigorous research partner on the questions that matter most to programs moving parts into production at scale. This agreement is a starting point."
A central question for the industry is whether a part made on one machine can be made the same way on the next. Velo3D's Golden Print File methodology is designed to reproduce the same build from one Sapphire® system to another. Velo3D expects to share findings from the collaboration as the work progresses.
About Velo3D
Velo3D® designs and builds metal additive manufacturing systems and production services in the United States for the defense, aerospace and energy industries. Its Sapphire® printers, Flow™ print preparation software and Assure quality assurance software are designed to produce complex metal parts repeatably across machines and sites. Velo, Velo3D, Sapphire and Intelligent Fusion are registered trademarks of Velo3D, Inc. Flow and Assure are trademarks of Velo3D, Inc.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "expect", "anticipate", "intend", "plan", "believe", "will", "could", "should", and similar expressions are intended to identify such statements. These include, without limitation, statements regarding the anticipated scope, timing, funding and outcomes of research under the CRADA with Sandia National Laboratories and any Project Task Statements entered into under it. These statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including the possibility that no Project Task Statements are entered into or funded under the CRADA, or that research under it does not produce the expected results; changes in customer demand; the Company's exposure to government and defense contracts, including delays or reductions in government funding, changes in defense procurement priorities, and the timing of contract awards; and the other risks described under "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 and its subsequent filings with the SEC. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements except as required by law.
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What does Velo3D's five-year agreement with Sandia National Laboratories cover?
The five-year CRADA provides a framework for potential joint research in metal additive manufacturing relevant to the defense industrial base and energy infrastructure. It was signed January 13, 2026. Individual projects are scoped and approved separately under Project Task Statements.