Cogitic
Cogitic Corporation is a Colorado Springs engineering and manufacturing company that supplies critical components and assemblies, such as main shaft seals and salvage air systems, to the US Navy submarine industrial base, and operates an AML3D ARCEMY X wire-arc additive manufacturing system.
- CEO / Founder
- Jared Veteto
- Team Size
- 11-50
- Stage
- Active
Technology & Products
Key Products
Main shaft seals (only NAVSEA-approved domestic supplier); Salvage Air System installed on every US submarine class; precision machining of heat-resistant superalloys; NAVSEA-approved welding, brazing and cladding; repair and rebuild of seal rings, ball valves and strainers; inspection and testing; engineering services; technical and quality-system consulting; wire-arc additive manufactured large metal components via ARCEMY X-Edition 6700.
Technical position · AMPulse analysis
NAVSEA approval as the sole domestic main shaft seal supplier; welding procedures approved by NAVSEA, Electric Boat, Newport News and Northrop Grumman; AS9100/ISO 9001 quality systems; large-format machining (5-axis mill-turn up to 60 in. diameter); industrial-scale ARCEMY X WAAM system commissioned in July 2024.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
Engineering, precision machining, welding and wire-arc additive manufacturing of 'cannot fail' Level I nuclear submarine components, plus technical services that help other manufacturers qualify for Navy nuclear work.
How They Differentiate
Niche NAVSEA-approved status for main shaft seals and long-standing qualification with US submarine primes, combined with in-house WAAM capacity for large metal parts.
Market & Competition
Target Customers
US Navy shipbuilders and prime contractors (General Dynamics Electric Boat, Newport News Shipbuilding, Northrop Grumman Marine Systems), NAVSEA, and Department of Defense agencies.
Industry Verticals
Naval defense / submarine industrial base; marine; defense-related industries
Competitors
Austal USA (AM submarine components); AML3D contract-manufacturing operations; other submarine industrial base machining suppliers such as Curtiss-Wright
Growth & Milestones
Growth Metrics
About 11-50 employees per LinkedIn; DoD contracts recorded on USAspending; subcontracts from General Dynamics Electric Boat.
Major Milestones
2004: Founded in Colorado Springs; Nov 2023: Ordered AML3D ARCEMY X-Edition 6700 WAAM system (about A$2.5M / US$1.6M); June 2024: System installed and tested; July 2024: ARCEMY X fully commissioned and operational.
Notable Customers
US Navy / NAVSEA; General Dynamics Electric Boat; Newport News Shipbuilding; Northrop Grumman Marine Systems; Defense Logistics Agency
Equipment deals on record
Publicly disclosed purchases or installs only.
- ARCEMY X-Edition 6700
1 systems · AUD 2,500,000
Buyer: Cogitic Corporation · Supplier: AML3D