Alpha Tools Joins Airspeeder Team Australia as Official Partner

Aus­tralian tool­ing brand Alpha Tools has joined Air­speed­er Team Aus­tralia as an offi­cial team part­ner ahead of the Air­speed­er Inter­na­tion­al Series in Novem­ber 2026. The part­ner­ship will see Alpha Tools pro­vide spe­cialised tool­ing for aero­space com­pos­ites and advanced 3D-print­ed met­al alloys used in the con­struc­tion of the team’s elec­tric ver­ti­cal take­off and land­ing (eVTOL) rac­ing air­craft.

Team Aus­tralia com­petes with the Air­speed­er Mk3C, which incor­po­rates tech­nolo­gies cov­er­ing aero­dy­nam­ics, bat­tery sys­tems, elec­tric propul­sion and AI-enabled flight con­trol. The part­ner­ship is focused on the prac­ti­cal require­ments of build­ing and main­tain­ing the rac­ing air­craft, , with the sup­plied tool­ing intend­ed for work with com­pos­ite struc­tures and addi­tive­ly man­u­fac­tured met­al com­po­nents.

Alpha Tools is part of Sheffield Group and brings more than five decades of Aus­tralian tool­ing expe­ri­ence to the pro­gramme. The com­pa­ny sup­plies cut­ting, drilling and pow­er tool acces­sories for sec­tors includ­ing man­u­fac­tur­ing, auto­mo­tive, min­ing and con­struc­tion.

Team Aus­tralia made its com­pet­i­tive debut at The Bend Motor­sport Park in April 2026, where it flew the Mk3C dur­ing an Air­speed­er demon­stra­tion staged with­in an exist­ing motor­sport facil­i­ty. The team is now prepar­ing for the Inter­na­tion­al Series, which will bring togeth­er nation­al teams com­pet­ing with elec­tric fly­ing vehi­cles.

Air­speed­er describes the series as a test envi­ron­ment for elec­tric air­craft, autonomous sys­tems and arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence. The rac­ing plat­form is intend­ed to pro­vide a set­ting in which tech­nolo­gies asso­ci­at­ed with advanced air mobil­i­ty can be devel­oped and test­ed under com­pet­i­tive con­di­tions.

Alpha Tools said that the part­ner­ship will allow it to con­tribute tool­ing exper­tise to an engi­neer­ing pro­gramme involv­ing com­pos­ite mate­ri­als, 3D-print­ed met­als and elec­tric propul­sion sys­tems.

The Air­speed­er Mk3C and oth­er air­craft com­pet­ing in the series are being devel­oped in Ade­laide, mak­ing the Team Aus­tralia pro­gramme part of the wider South Aus­tralian advanced man­u­fac­tur­ing and aero­space ecosys­tem.

Thomas Sleightholm

Thomas is a con­tent writer for eVTOL Insights, cov­er­ing all aspects of the glob­al Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty ecosys­tem. Got a sto­ry for him? Please send an email to editorial@evtolinsights.com

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