Skip to content
1

Hypersonics and Missile Structures

High-Performance Metals. Agile Production. Hypersonic Speed.

Machina Labs’ AI-enabled, tool-less manufacturing platform is purpose-built for forming advanced aerospace structures in high-performance alloys.

At its core is RoboForming, a robotic incremental sheet forming process that shapes metal into complex 3D geometries and requires no dedicated dies. All manufacturing steps are integrated under one elastic factory.

Leveraging our processes, we successfully RoboFormed development geometries in refractory alloys such as Niobium C103, demonstrating suitability for high-temperature applications.

hyper copy

Why Design and Build with Machina Labs

  • Forms high-temp alloys like Inconel and refractory metals for critical hypersonic structures — No Dies Needed
  • Enables complex, thin-walled shapes with tight tolerances for skins, leading edges, and control surfaces
  • Supports heat-treatable alloys to achieve high strength-to-weight ratios
  • Accelerates design changes and rapid iteration — ideal for classified, low-rate, or urgent programs
  • Integrates digital twin and process traceability for faster validation and qualification
  • Moves programs from CAD to metal in days, not months — enabling rapid transition from R&D to product deployment

This SR-71 IRAD demonstrated Machina Labs’ ManufacturingIntegrating Formed, Machined, and Laser-Welded Components in a Sub-Scale Spy Plane – All In One Flexible Factory

geometryprep
Geometry Prep & Path Generation
integration
RoboForming & Roboscanning
RoboTRIMMING-DRILLING
ROBOTRIMMING & DRILLING
roboform
Integration & Production

With Robocraftman - total lead time for SR-71 demonstrator was 4 weeks (including development and OSP)

Screenshot 2025-09-22 at 9.59.14 AM