Elementum 3D, Inc.

Elementum 3D, Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced metal powders and additive manufacturing systems based in Erie, Colorado, sells specialized aerospace and defense materials and manufacturing services to federal agencies predominantly as a prime contractor (86% of recent awards), with a significant position on the Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition Contract (EWAAC) that anchors its combined potential value. The company competes across full-and-open and total small business set-aside procurements, with no dominant set-aside category recurrence — most recent awards use no set-aside or total small business designations rather than 8(a) or HUBZone positioning.

Elementum 3D's capability footprint centers on precision laser powder bed fusion and directed energy deposition additive manufacturing of nickel-based superalloys (Inconel 718, IN625), specialized aluminum powders, and experimental materials for high-temperature aerospace applications. Representative work includes a $211,266 sole-source purchase order from NASA's Shared Services Center (June 2026) for fourteen build plates of low-overhang Inconel 718 turbine blades with minimal dross and supports for the InRoDES rotating detonation rocket engine program at Marshall Space Flight Center; a $1.7 million STTR Phase II contract with Naval Sea Systems Command (May 2025) supporting the Space-Based Infrared System High Major Defense Acquisition Program; a $1.9 million SBIR Phase II contract with the Department of the Army (September 2023) for the High-Strength Aluminum Advanced Manufacturing of Missiles for Enhanced Readiness (HAAMMER) program; and a $1.2 million SBIR Phase II contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (April 2022) for additive manufacturing and post-processing methods for rhenium propulsion systems. The company also supplies powder materials on smaller purchase orders: $82.1 thousand for NASA Alloy GRX-810 powder qualified for laser powder bed fusion (January 2025), $114.6 thousand for GRX-810 powder in both L-PBF and directed energy deposition formats for Glenn Research Center (January 2025), and $75.8 thousand for IN625-RAM2 alloy powder for Human Landing System risk reduction testing (July 2025).

Customer concentration is dramatically skewed by vehicle positioning rather than volume. NASA's Shared Services Center leads by award count (13 awards, $1.7 million potential value), followed by Naval Air Warfare Center and Air Force Research Laboratory (3 awards each). However, the top-customers-by-potential-value ranking is dominated by the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center at Eglin Air Force Base — a single EWAAC award carries a $46 billion ceiling through September 2031, collapsing 100% of combined potential value into one parent vehicle. The Air Force OTA for additive metal printer development and experimental material qualification (September 2023) brought $5.4 million in potential value. Department of the Navy entities (Office of Naval Research, Naval Sea Systems Command) account for $2.2 million to $1.7 million each in smaller SBIR/STTR and production contracts.

Elementum 3D holds the EWAAC vehicle through a fourth on-ramp award (March 2025) with an initial $1 thousand task order. The company's subcontractor footprint includes three instances of additive manufacturing support work as a sub to Astrobotic Technology Inc. for rotating detonation engine novel injector design (May and July 2025), supply of Inconel 625 powder as a sub to Southwest Research Institute for hypersonics supply chain research (February 2024), and Inconel 718 powder supply to General Electric Company for Naval Air Warfare Center programs (June 2026). Raytheon Company awarded a sub-scope in December 2025 covering non-FMS procurement under a multi-year non-recurring engineering agreement.

Activity accelerated sharply in 2025 — thirteen awards compared to one in 2024 — though dollar obligated to date ($17.4 million) represents only a small fraction of the $46 billion ceiling in potential value. Four awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry $4.1 million in combined potential value and face recompete exposure. The vendor's award portfolio centers on R&D in physical, engineering, and life sciences (17 awards), with secondary concentration in laboratory equipment and supplies and defense-related applied research, positioning Elementum 3D primarily as a materials and prototype supplier for government-sponsored aerospace and advanced propulsion development rather than as a high-volume production contractor.