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Velo3D and Vaya Space announce $4 million strategic partnership

To advance additive manufacturing for space propulsion.

Velo3D, Inc. announced a strategic partnership with Vaya Space, a breakthrough hybrid rocket company focused on space propulsion systems. The two companies have signed a $4 million, two-year Master Services Agreement (MSA) to collaborate on production and innovation efforts in high-performance additive manufacturing.

At their Cocoa Beach, FL facility, Vaya Space lead propulsion engineer Kineo Wallace and COO Rob Fabian share their hot fire test pad with Brice Cooper, VP of Defense, and Michelle Sidwell, CRO of Velo3D. Together, they reviewed the performance of Vaya’s hybrid rocket engines—engineered to be simpler, safer and more sustainable with non-toxic, non-explosive propellants.

Vaya Space selected Velo3D as a key strategic partner in its propulsion development roadmap. Under the agreement, Vaya Space will leverage Velo3D’s Rapid Production Solution (RPS) to accelerate production of critical propulsion system components and meet key development timelines. Utilizing Velo3D’s Sapphire XC and XC1MZ printers, Vaya Space will print parts in both GRCop42—a NASA-developed copper alloy for high-heat transfer—and Inconel 718, a superalloy known for strength and thermal resilience in aerospace applications. Vaya currently uses the Sapphire platform to produce the world’s first expander cycle hybrid rocket engine.

Michelle Sidwell, chief revenue officer, Velo3D and Rob Fabian, chief operations officer, Vaya Space sign two year Master Agreement at Vaya Space Headquarters in Cocoa Beach, Florida.

As part of the partnership, Velo3D will serve as Vaya Space’s exclusive provider of GRCop42 additive components, delivering guaranteed capacity, advanced engineering support, and Flow software training to streamline design-to-production cycles for propulsion assemblies including nozzles, injectors, and turbopumps through 2027. The two companies will work collaboratively to produce high-quality engine components for aerospace and defense applications faster and at a lower cost than traditionally achievable.


The MSA includes a joint marketing roadmap and formal signing event at Vaya Space’s testing facility in Cocoa, Florida, where one of the propulsion systems produced with Velo3D parts will be on display.

For more information, visit velo3d.com.