Divergent Technologies, announced its support of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems,(GA-ASI) in the design and manufacturing of a hybrid ground- and air-launched unmanned aircraft.
Divergent manufactured the metallic core structure of the small, unmanned aircraft system (SUAS) using its Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS™). The structure was designed and produced to meet tight performance, integration, and payload requirements. The program demonstrates both a collaborative and modular approach to aircraft development using both metallic additive and conventional manufacturing.
DAPS is an end-to-end engineering design and manufacturing system leveraging AI-driven design, industrial-rate additive manufacturing, and universal robotic assembly to enable structures development and manufacturing at higher performance, speed, and scalability than conventional manufacturing systems.
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The GA-ASI and Divergent partnership is pushing the boundaries of DAPS technology within the defense landscape. A number of the vehicle’s structurally complex elements combine multiple functions into a single component, making the vehicle both higher performing and more cost-effective than a comparable conventionally manufactured system composed of numerous discrete functional systems. Divergent‘s successful development and production further validates its ability to manufacture integrated aerospace assemblies to a high standard of precision and reliability.
SOURCE: PRNewswire