Divergent Technologies, Inc. – the company behind the Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS), joined forces with CoAspire to design and additively manufacture CoAspire’s Rapidly Adaptable Affordable Cruise Missile (RAACM).
CoAspire is the developer of next-generation capabilities to deter and defeat threats to our nation and its allies.
The teams’ program roadmap requires delivery of first fuselages, wings, and fins from Divergent within 10 weeks, with fully integrated test rounds entering ground testing within 14 weeks, culminating in a successful flight test that met customer and programmatic requirements.
How to optimize for fuel tank capacity while meeting all structural performance requirements.
The Divergent team seamlessly transitioned from digital design to additive manufacturing and automated assembly, with manufacturing instructions generated from the designs dynamically assigned to the company’s software defined manufacturing assets. Following first hardware deliveries at week 10, Divergent continued to support the CoAspire team by delivering digital design, analysis, and manufacturing artifacts required for the air worthiness approval process.
Using DAPS, Divergent’s end-to-end engineering design and manufacturing system, the team was able to rely on AI-driven design, industrial additive manufacturing, and universal robotic assembly to enable structures development and manufacturing at higher performance, speed, and scalability than conventional manufacturing systems.
“Our strength is this next generation capability to digitally engineer and manufacture to deliver first-time-right, production-ready hardware within 10 weeks. RAACM is a case study in what’s possible when adaptability is built into every phase of development,” said Lukas Czinger, President & Chief Executive Officer of Divergent.
Under contract with the Air Force, RAACM is designed to be modular, scalable, adaptable and rapidly deployable across air, land, and sea platforms. RAACM is roughly the size of a 500-lb class MK-82 or GBU-38, and features a deployable wing, turbojet engine, guidance system, and lethal payload; it can be launched from any aircraft compatible with the GBU-38. CoAspire is the prime contractor on RAACM and has built a supply chain spanning 26 U.S. states and two European countries.
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