The companies also redesigned a legacy Raytheon effector, cutting the airframe’s total part count by 80 per cent through functionally integrated structures, preserving performance and survivability while improving manufacturability. “In a matter of months, we transformed a legacy blueprint into an optimised, digital-first design that was then manufactured as flight-ready hardware using a next generation, software-defined manufacturing process,” said Lukas Czinger, Co-founder & CEO of Divergent.
He added that the success “demonstrated the power that a fully integrated digital production system brings to extend the life and volume of existing platforms and meet urgent operational needs.” Divergent’s platform-based approach enables scalable fabrication of aerospace-grade assemblies without dedicated tooling or legacy supply chains, accelerating development and enhancing adaptability.
“Divergent’s innovative digital manufacturing approach has compressed a multi-year development cycle into just a few months, which is a crucial advantage as our customers face rapidly evolving threats,” said Barbara Borgonovi, president of Naval Power at Raytheon. She noted that the approach “shows how agile collaborations can accelerate capability delivery and has tremendous potential as we explore how we can apply it across the Raytheon portfolio.”
Source: Divergent (press release).
