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Micro-factory

A standard 20-foot container, fitted as a complete production cell. It moves by truck, ship or air — and produces the day after it arrives.

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The idea

We do not sell aircraft.
We sell the ability
to build them.

A UAV programme that depends on a factory 4,000 km away is a programme with a supply chain, not a capability. The Nordyn production cell puts the manufacturing step at the point of use: raw material and components in one end, a flyable airframe out of the other.

Standard container dimensions mean standard freight. No special port, no special permit, no bespoke logistics contract. The cell can be relocated as the mission moves, and a design change is implemented on site rather than in a change request.

20 FT · 6.06 m 01 PRINT 02 MILL 03 ELECTRONICS 04 FINISH 05 ASSEMBLY PRODUCTION CELL · ELEVATION NRD-MF-20-ELEV
Fig. 3 — Production cell, elevation. Five stations within a 6.06 m envelope.
Inside

Five stations,
one workflow.

The cell is laid out as a production line, not as a workshop. Material flows in one direction, from print to assembly, and the last station produces something that flies.

Station 01

Large-format printing

FDM printing for airframe structures and tooling, at the size the airframe actually needs.

Station 02

CNC milling

Machined inserts, mounts and interface parts, cut from stock on site.

Station 03

Electronics bench

Harness assembly, avionics integration and continuity testing.

Station 04

Finishing

Surface preparation, coating and marking — including customer livery.

Station 05

Assembly and test

Final assembly, configuration record and pre-delivery function test.

Output

A flyable airframe

Configured, documented and ready for acceptance — produced where it will be operated.

Formats

Three bodies,
one process.

The same production line is delivered in three shells, because terrain and mission decide the logistics, not the other way round.

  • 01
    Sea containerStandard 20-ft ISO container for ship, rail and road transfer.
  • 02
    TrailerSelf-contained trailer body for sites without lifting equipment.
  • 03
    Truck bodyMounted on a militarised HGV for mobile operations with the production line on board.
Cell specification
Envelope20 ft · 6.06 m standard container
Stations5 — print, mill, electronics, finish, assembly
FreightStandard — no special handling
RelocationTruck · ship · air
CommissioningProduction-ready the day after arrival
Change controlDesign changes implemented at the point of use
Why it matters

From just-in-time
to just-in-place.

Just-in-time optimises a supply chain that assumes the border stays open. Just-in-place removes the assumption.

Sovereignty

Capability stays with the operator

Manufacture happens under the operator's jurisdiction, under their export regime, with their own workforce.

Obsolescence

No obsolete stockpile

Build to the current design. When a component source changes, the change is implemented at the cell rather than in a warehouse full of the old version.

Speed

Hours, not months

Requirements can be met in hours because the distance between the requirement and the production line is a corridor, not a continent.

“We don't sell drones. We build factories — mobile, containerised micro-factories that enable local, on-demand production.”

Nordyn Robotics — operating principle
Next step

Put a production cell on your soil.

Tell us the annual quantity, the airframe mix and the site. We will scope the cell, the training and the qualification path.