Eight massive printing systems operate inside a 30,000-square-foot facility
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Haddy, a digital manufacturing company in St. Petersburg, Florida, has produced a military drone boat using large-format robotic 3D printing.
The company announced the vessel, called the TF-179 Drone Boat, but did not name the customer behind the project.
Haddy started in 2022 building custom furniture and architectural pieces before shifting much of its focus toward defense manufacturing.
The St. Petersburg facility spans roughly 30,000 square feet (about 2,800 square meters) and houses eight large-format CEAD printing systems.
Seven of those machines run on rails, extending their reach to produce unusually large single-piece components without seams.
Haddy previously used this process to print a carbon-fiber-reinforced hull for HavocAI, delivering a testable vessel from design to sea trial within nine days.
"The maritime industry is redefining how vessels are designed and manufactured," Haddy said in a company statement announcing the TF-179 vessel.
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Haddy released photographs of the finished TF-179 vessel alongside its statement but offered no details about the boat's intended mission.
Demand for small, expendable maritime drones has surged across the U.S. defense industry over roughly the past year, according to the company.
Haddy has also partnered with Blue Ops, the maritime drone division of Red Cat Holdings, to help double production capacity for uncrewed surface vessels.
Blue Ops sells those drone boats to U.S. and allied militaries as smaller, cheaper alternatives to traditional crewed patrol vessels.
Haddy was founded by Jay Rogers, a former Marine and Princeton graduate who previously led a similar 3D-printing venture called Local Motors.
