Defense Supply Chain

Let's start with the thing most integrator websites bury, because you should know it before you send us anything: AMD Machines is not yet ITAR-registered, and until that changes we do not accept work involving ITAR-controlled defense articles, technical data, or defense services. Our engineering and manufacturing are based in Querétaro, Mexico, with sales and service in Chicago — which means USML-controlled information cannot be sent to us today. That status is actively changing: we are preparing for ITAR registration in coordination with export-control counsel. Until it is complete, the boundary below holds without exception. The full policy, including how to make first contact about a project that might be sensitive, is in our ITAR Compliance Notice. Please read it before emailing anything.

So why does this page exist? Because a large share of what the defense supply chain manufactures is not export-controlled: commercial items, EAR99 components, standard fasteners and fittings, commercial-equivalent electronics enclosures, and industrial parts that happen to end up in defense programs alongside their commercial applications. Suppliers building those parts need the same automation as any other precision manufacturer — and that we have done for 30+ years and 2,500+ machines.

What We Can and Cannot Take On

You are responsible for the export classification of your parts and data. If you are not certain whether your project is controlled, consult your export-compliance counsel before contacting any supplier — including us. If a project may be sensitive, follow the first-contact procedure in the ITAR notice: name, company, phone number, and the statement that the project may be ITAR-sensitive. Nothing else.

What can AMD Machines automate for defense suppliers?

For non-controlled scopes, the same systems we build for automotive, aerospace, and heavy equipment manufacturers apply directly:

• Robotic welding systems for structural weldments and fabricated assemblies, with process data capture on every weld.
• Precision assembly systems with force/position monitoring and per-unit build records.
• Test systems — leak, functional, and end-of-line verification with complete result logging.
• Machine vision inspection at 100% coverage, no sampling plans.
• Laser marking and traceability — permanent serialization and 2D Data Matrix marking with lot-level genealogy.
• Machine tending to keep CNC capacity running unattended.

The documentation rigor defense suppliers need — SPC on critical parameters, serialized build records, audit-ready data retention — is something our systems generate as a byproduct of production rather than a separate activity. And the delivery speed our customers value most applies here too: AMD Machines delivers simple custom machines in as little as 6 weeks, and complex systems in 24–26 weeks versus the 40–42 weeks typical of overseas builders.

Are you working toward ITAR capability?

Yes — formally, and it's underway now. AMD Machines is preparing for ITAR registration in coordination with export-control counsel, alongside the U.S.-based capability and compliance infrastructure that controlled work requires (current initiatives are published in our ITAR notice). We deliberately publish no timeline — this page and the notice will change the day the status does, and not a day before.

What defense suppliers can do today: if you have programs on the horizon, start the relationship now on a non-controlled basis. General capability discussions, budgetary conversations without controlled data, and scoping the non-controlled portions of your program are all fair game — so that when our registration completes, engineering isn't starting cold. Tell us you'd like to be notified when our ITAR status changes — name, company, and phone only, no technical data, per the first-contact procedure — and we will keep you posted.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does AMD Machines hold ITAR registration?

No — not yet. AMD Machines is not currently ITAR-registered or ITAR-compliant; registration is in preparation with export-control counsel. Until it completes, our manufacturing operations remain outside the United States and no email address on our domain is a safe channel for controlled technical data. See the ITAR Compliance Notice for the complete policy. This answer will be updated the day our status changes.

When will AMD Machines be able to take ITAR-controlled work?

We don't publish a timeline, and we won't claim the capability a day before it's real. Registration and the supporting compliance infrastructure are actively in progress with export-control counsel. If you want to be notified when our status changes, say so through the contact page — name, company, and phone number only, no technical data.

Can AMD build equipment for parts that end up in defense programs?

Yes, when the parts and the technical data are not export-controlled — commercial items and EAR99 components are routinely fine. The export classification is your determination to make with your compliance counsel; we require written confirmation that a scope is non-controlled before any technical exchange begins.

Do you handle CUI or NIST SP 800-171 environments?

No. We do not accept Controlled Unclassified Information. If your automation project involves CUI, you need an integrator operating inside a compliant U.S. environment.

What's the typical lead time?

Simple custom machines in as little as 6 weeks; complex systems typically 24–26 weeks from order to factory acceptance. See our lead-times guide for what drives the difference.

If your parts are non-controlled and you need them assembled, welded, tested, marked, or handled faster and more consistently, contact us — that conversation we can have today. And if your programs are controlled, ask to be notified when our ITAR status changes — so we can have the rest of the conversation soon.