Nikon SLM Solutions manufactured a 2000 kN rocket-engine injector head for LEAP 71 using metal additive manufacturing; Nikon/SLM provided the AM production capability that enabled LEAP 71 to produce the injector hardware.
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Nikon SLM Solutions manufactured and validated a 2,000 kN (2 MN) full-flow staged combustion rocket engine injector head (600 mm diameter, IN718 alloy) for LEAP 71’s XRB-2E6 methalox engine using its NXG 600E metal AM system, announced November 2025.
HBD produced the world’s largest 3D-printed aerospike rocket engine (XRA-2E5, 200 kN / 20 tons thrust, Inconel 718, monolithic structure) for LEAP 71 using its HBD 800 ten-laser metal AM system, completed in 289 hours and announced March 2026.
Eplus3D produced the world’s largest single-piece 3D-printed rocket thruster for LEAP 71 via metal additive manufacturing, announced at Formnext 2024.
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LEAP 71 program partners
Sindan— strategic partner · supplier · 1 more roles5 connectionsTell me more
Sindan, an AI-driven advanced manufacturing company based in Abu Dhabi, provides AI-powered manufacturing infrastructure (including over 40 large-scale metal additive manufacturing systems, hundreds of polymer systems, and advanced CNC) to industrialize LEAP 71’s Noyron-designed air-breathing jet engines and space propulsion systems under a May 2026 collaboration agreement.
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Sindan provides large-scale additive manufacturing, CNC machining and 'lights-out' production capabilities to LEAP 71 and partners with LEAP 71 to industrialize designs produced by LEAP 71's Noyron computational engineering system; the partnership enables moving from digital design to serial production (announced as a manufacturing partnership).
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Sindan supplies AI-driven advanced manufacturing infrastructure and production services (large-scale metal additive manufacturing, polymer systems, precision CNC and 'lights-out' production) to industrialize and manufacture LEAP 71's Noyron-designed air‑breathing jet engines and space propulsion systems in the UAE; described as a joint industrialization/production agreement.
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LEAP 71 provides its Noyron computational engineering design/modeling capability (air‑breathing jet engine and space propulsion system designs) that Sindan will industrialize using Sindan's AI-driven digital manufacturing infrastructure; announced as a collaboration to combine LEAP 71's computational models with Sindan's manufacturing in the UAE.
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LEAP 71 supplies computationally‑generated aerospace system designs (via Noyron) which Sindan agrees to industrialize and serial‑produce using its additive and CNC production lines; the partnership enables LEAP 71 to move from generated design to manufactured hardware for aerospace customers.
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Aspire Space— program partner · strategic partner5 connectionsTell me more
LEAP 71 and Aspire Space signed a strategic agreement to develop rocket engines for Aspire's fully reusable Oryx spacecraft and to co‑develop a large reusable launch vehicle; LEAP 71 supplies computational design and engine development capability to Aspire Space (announced as a landmark agreement).
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LEAP 71 partnered with Aspire Space to develop a new large reusable launch vehicle capable of delivering up to 15 t to LEO; LEAP 71 provides computational engineering and system design services to Aspire's vehicle program.
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LEAP 71 and Aspire Space signed a landmark agreement to develop rocket engines for Aspire Space’s fully reusable Oryx spacecraft; LEAP 71 will develop engines and propulsion capabilities to enable Aspire Space’s Oryx mission profiles (cargo, resupply, return, and future crewed flights).
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LEAP 71 supplies the complete propulsion stack and specific rocket engines (including for the Oryx reusable rocketship second stage and first-stage XRB-2E6-class methalox engines) under strategic partnership agreements signed June 2025 and November 2025 for Aspire Space’s reusable launch vehicles targeting up to 15 t to LEO.
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Aspire Space partnered with LEAP 71 to develop large reusable launch systems in the UAE; Aspire provides launch system program scope and domain expertise that enable LEAP 71 to scale its computational engine development into full vehicle concepts.
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The Exploration Company— licensee / program partner · program partner3 connectionsTell me more
The Exploration Company licensed LEAP 71’s Noyron RP Large Computational Engineering Model under a five-year renewable agreement signed March 2026 for the design of next-generation rocket engines.
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LEAP 71 partnered with The Exploration Company to co‑create and validate a Computational Engineering Model (CEM) for rocket and orbital engines; LEAP 71 supplies its Noyron computational engineering system and generated designs to The Exploration Company for validation against real engine hardware and operations.
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The Exploration Company and LEAP 71 entered a partnership to co‑develop a physically and practically validated computational engineering model for rocket and orbital engines; The Exploration Company provides real engine programs and testbeds that help validate and enable LEAP 71's Computational Engineering Model.
Solideon, a provider of collaborative robotic metal 3D printing systems, entered a strategic collaboration with LEAP 71 in March 2024 to develop large-scale 3D-printed space hardware.
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