The new entity will scale Machina's manufacturing work across missiles, hypersonics, unmanned systems and other mission-critical defense platforms.
Machina, a leader in advanced manufacturing and robotics, today announced Machina Bellator, a dedicated entity for defense contracting. John Borrego, who currently leads Machina’s aerospace and defense structures work, will serve as President of Machina Bellator.
Machina Bellator is Machina’s U.S. defense manufacturing business: a network of advanced factories that produces complex metal structures for missiles, hypersonic systems, UAVs, and sustainment applications using Machina’s proprietary RoboCraftsman platform. By reducing the time from prototype to production at an unrivaled pace, Bellator helps defense primes and government customers bring critical capabilities online faster, on both the production line, and in theaters of war.
As Machina continues expanding across automotive, aerospace, and defense, Bellator provides the dedicated facilities, security, and operational focus needed to meet the unique requirements of defense customers while enabling the broader company to continue scaling across multiple industries.
Machina Bellator provides a dedicated operating structure for defense programs, bringing specialized contracting, certification and compliance requirements under a single organization. This includes defense work Machina is currently executing with U.S Air Force (USAF) Rapid Sustainment Office (RSO), U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), among others.
Machina Bellator operates under a CMMC Level 2 certified environment and is on track to complete AS9100 this quarter. Bellator will also serve as the operational foundation for Machina’s upcoming Factory 3.
Its launch reflects a broader shift in national security: manufacturing capacity is increasingly becoming a strategic capability. As the U.S. replenishes munitions, strengthens supply chains, and prepares for sustained competition across multiple theaters, deterrence will increasingly depend not just on what America invents, but on how rapidly it can manufacture, repair, and field advanced defense systems.
“Modern deterrence depends on the ability to move from requirement to qualified production hardware at required speeds,” said John Borrego, President of Machina Bellator. “Bellator was created to give defense customers a dedicated operating structure for mission-critical manufacturing programs where timeline, compliance, and production readiness matter.”
Machina Bellator will leverage the RoboCraftsman platform to support a broad range of advanced manufacturing processes, including forming, machining, welding and assembly. By eliminating traditional tooling constraints, Machina accelerates the path from requirements to production-ready hardware, implements design changes in days, and adapts production in real time, capabilities that are increasingly essential to modern defense programs operating at the speed of evolving threats.
About Machina
Machina is unlocking manufacturing with AI and robotics, delivering flexible, on-demand production solutions that eliminate traditional tooling constraints. The company’s RoboCraftsman™ platform integrates advanced robotics and AI-driven process controls to rapidly manufacture complex metal parts and structures for aerospace, defense, automotive, and industrial applications. Founded in Los Angeles in 2019, Machina is building the next generation of intelligent, adaptive, and software-driven factories. For more information, please visit https://machinalabs.ai.