Triumph and Divergent Announce Qualification of Manned Aircraft Component for Production
The components, which play a critical role in flight safety, are undergoing rigorous testing and validation protocols. Each will be certified by an empowered regulatory authority for use on a high-performance aircraft, validating the growing adoption of additive manufacturing for mission-critical aerospace applications. The speed that the partnership has demonstrated in requalifying the components further highlights the strength of Divergent's capabilities to resolve supply chain constraints posed by legacy manufacturing methods such as casting.
TRIUMPH's gearbox component design, engineering, prototyping, and qualification process leveraged Divergent's fully digital toolchain, ultimately delivering first-time-right, production-fidelity structures for testing and enabling a seamless transition to production. DAPS™ is an end-to-end engineering design and manufacturing system leveraging AI-driven design, industrial-rate additive manufacturing, and universal robotic assembly to deliver structures that are faster to develop, higher performance, and lower cost than their conventionally designed and manufactured alternatives. TRIUMPH is identifying applications across multiple product lines where TGI and Divergent can partner and implement these 4th gen manufacturing processes.
"This qualification process of safety critical components for manned aircraft represents a significant step forward in our mission to transform the global industrial base with fully digital, adaptive engineering and manufacturing," commented
"The partnership with Divergent enables TRIUMPH to meaningfully accelerate capabilities for our customers," said
The program will see approximately 100 units delivered over the next two years, representing a multi-ton sum of qualified additive manufacturing material by the end of the production run. The partnership underscores both companies' commitment to speed, quality, and adoption of leading edge, production-ready technologies.
About Divergent
Divergent has created the world's first end-to-end software-hardware production system for industrial digital manufacturing – the Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS™) – allowing customers to design, additively manufacture, and automatically assemble complex structures for automotive, aerospace, and defense applications. DAPS transforms the economics, speed, and scalability of defense vehicle manufacturing by optimizing designs, dematerializing structures, and eliminating upfront capex. For more information, please visit www.divergent3d.com.
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