Metal Powder Works Receives Purchase Order to Support UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) for Titanium Parts
Highlights:
Contract awarded under Project TAMPA — the UK MOD’s flagship programme to accelerate additive manufacturing adoption across the UK defence supply chain
Project TAMPA directly informed the UK’s first Defence Advanced Manufacturing Strategy, published March 2025, which targets a global “hub and spoke” additive manufacturing supply network
Collaboration with embedded MOD UK-based Additive Manufacturing Solutions (AMS) utilising Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) technology
Positions MPW as a qualified US-based manufacturing node within the UK MOD’s strategic defence additive manufacturing supply network, alongside NATO Allies
Validates MPW’s DirectPowder™ titanium capability for defence-grade applications
Metal Powder Works Limited (ASX: MPW) (“the Company” or “MPW”), a specialist metal powders business, is pleased to announce that it has received a purchase order under Project TAMPA, the UK Ministry of Defence’s flagship programme to accelerate additive manufacturing adoption across the defence supply chain, for the supply of a titanium component manufactured via the Company’s inhouse powder production and additive manufacturing capabilities.
The purchase order, will see MPW collaborate with UK-based parts manufacturer Additive Manufacturing Solutions (AMS) to support part production using Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) technology.
The Purchase Order is being conducted as a close collaboration between the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence and the US Department of Defence. Due to the confidential nature of the arrangement, further details cannot be disclosed at this stage.
Strategic Significance for MPW
MPW’s selection as a supplier under Project TAMPA positions the Company as a US-based production node within the MOD’s emerging global defence additive manufacturing supply network. This is consistent with the UK MOD’s strategic emphasis on dispersed, certified production capabilities across allied nations and validates MPW’s capability to engineer proprietary powder production through its Direct Powder solution.
The contract, while not material in value in the context of the Company’s current operations, represents MPW’s first engagement with a NATO defence programme and opens a significant new addressable market for the Company’s DirectPowder™ titanium and specialty alloy capabilities. The MOD’s strategy explicitly encourages industry to invest further in additive manufacturing adoption and signals a sustained, long-term commitment to growing the defence additive manufacturing supply base.