Aerospace Additive Technology
Provides additive manufacturing application services and equipment development for aerospace and defense, focusing on large-scale metal components and full industry chain solutions.
- CEO / Founder
- Li Zhiyong
- Team Size
- 201-500
- Stage
- Active
- Total Funding
- Bootstrapped
- Latest Round
- Strategic Investment
- Key Investors
- CASIC 3rd Academy (中国航天科工三院, central SOE) via 159 Factory (一五九厂)
Technology & Products
Key Products
Large-scale metal additive manufacturing equipment and application services, offering full industry chain solutions for aerospace and defense.
Technological Advantage
Proprietary metal additive manufacturing processes for large-scale aerospace components, with several key technological breakthroughs in large-scale high-efficiency manufacturing. Defensible through state support and potential patents.
Patent position
Aerospace Additive Technology filed 36 patent families overall, more than BLT’s 13 and fewer than Farsoon Technologies’ 41. AMPulse analysis
- Filing momentum
- 22 families filed 2022–2024, 0 in 2019–2021
- Filed in
- CN 100%
- Named competitors, AM patent families
- BLT 13Farsoon Technologies 41
36 AM patent families in total. Recent years are still being published, so read a filing change against the same-office figure.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
Reduces lead times and production costs for complex aerospace components through proprietary metal additive manufacturing processes, enabling rapid prototyping and on-demand manufacturing for next-generation weaponry.
How They Differentiate
Focuses exclusively on aerospace and defense applications with state-backed R&D, unlike broader industrial players like EOS and 3D Systems. Offers full industry chain solutions from equipment to services, whereas Velo 3D is more hardware-centric.
Market & Competition
Target Customers
Aerospace and defense manufacturers, particularly within China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) and related state-owned enterprises.
Industry Verticals
Aerospace; Defense
Competitors
BLT, Farsoon Technologies
Growth & Milestones
Growth Metrics
More than 120 specialized talent teams, with over 90% holding master's degrees across materials, machinery, control, and optics. Over 80 sets of additive manufacturing equipment, including maximum SLM formats of 1200mm × 600mm and 800mm × 600mm, LMD maximum forming size 2500mm × 2500mm, and more than 50 sets above 400mm level.
Major Milestones
Established in 2005; Affiliated with National Aerospace Structure Additive Manufacturing Technology Innovation Center; Launched latest metal additive manufacturing equipment in 2021; Signed strategic cooperation with Villo for large-scale additive manufacturing demonstration plant project
Notable Customers
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Limited (CASIC)
AM patents
AM-relevant patents linked to this company.
- Patents
- 36
- Granted
- 11
- Families
- 36
Leading domains: process (36), material (29), equipment (14)
Filings by year: 2026: 1 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 15 · 2022: 7
- Automatic dust prevention method119703128 · CN
- A lifting method for plane positioning and attitude detection of additively manufactured rudder surface substrates115583604 · CN
- Printing bin wind field wind speed self-adaptive adjusting system for continuous production120133551 · CN
- Metal additive manufacturing method for thin-wall plate-shaped structure119747660 · CN
- Self-cleaning optical assembly and selective laser melting forming equipment119588962 · CN