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According to the report, it took just 71 days for US firms Divergent Technologies and Mach Industries to turn a new strike aircraft concept from the drawing board into a flight-ready prototype.
The report stated that Mach Industries kicked off development of the “Venom” autonomous aircraft by creating its blueprint, defining key specifications for its capabilities and overall structure. It said that the company leveraged electronics and software already tested on other aircraft to speed up development and reduce the risk of malfunctions.
The report also stated that Divergent handled the digital design and 3D printing of Venom’s airframe, wings, fuselage, and other control surfaces. The report added that by using its Adaptive Production System (DAPSTM), the California-based firm produced large sections of the aircraft as single pieces, rather than hundreds of smaller parts.
The report said that this approach made production faster, cut weight, and improved performance by reducing the number of moving components that need monitoring.
Divergent Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Lukas Czinger said that it is what production at the speed of relevance looks like, going from inception to flight in 71 days, which is a clear demonstration of what’s possible when DAPSTM is utilized from day one. The co-founder said that Venom is not the first product to benefit from the Divergent-Mach collaboration.
The report added that over 18 months, the partnership produced four aircraft prototypes from concept to flight using DAPSTM. They said that their work highlights an alternative production process for autonomous defense systems, swapping slow assembly lines for software-driven 3D printing to get prototypes into the field faster.
Additionally, Czinger stressed that Divergent could scale production further, with the potential to produce thousands of airframes annually. He said that neither Divergent nor Mach Industries has revealed technical details of the Venom prototype or when it might officially take flight.
Source: NextGen Defense
The report stated that Mach Industries kicked off development of the “Venom” autonomous aircraft by creating its blueprint, defining key specifications for its capabilities and overall structure. It said that the company leveraged electronics and software already tested on other aircraft to speed up development and reduce the risk of malfunctions.
The report also stated that Divergent handled the digital design and 3D printing of Venom’s airframe, wings, fuselage, and other control surfaces. The report added that by using its Adaptive Production System (DAPSTM), the California-based firm produced large sections of the aircraft as single pieces, rather than hundreds of smaller parts.
The report said that this approach made production faster, cut weight, and improved performance by reducing the number of moving components that need monitoring.
Divergent Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Lukas Czinger said that it is what production at the speed of relevance looks like, going from inception to flight in 71 days, which is a clear demonstration of what’s possible when DAPSTM is utilized from day one. The co-founder said that Venom is not the first product to benefit from the Divergent-Mach collaboration.
The report added that over 18 months, the partnership produced four aircraft prototypes from concept to flight using DAPSTM. They said that their work highlights an alternative production process for autonomous defense systems, swapping slow assembly lines for software-driven 3D printing to get prototypes into the field faster.
Additionally, Czinger stressed that Divergent could scale production further, with the potential to produce thousands of airframes annually. He said that neither Divergent nor Mach Industries has revealed technical details of the Venom prototype or when it might officially take flight.
Source: NextGen Defense
