Divergent Technologies and Mach Industries have partnered to deliver Venom, a prototype flight demonstration aircraft, in 71 days from concept to flight-ready status.

The programme combined Mach’s modular, open-systems architecture and flight-proven avionics and simulation stack with Divergent’s digital manufacturing platform and Adaptive Production System. The structure, including wings, fuselage, skins and control surfaces, was designed digitally and 3D printed as monolithic assemblies, replacing conventional multi-part builds.

“Going from inception to flight in 71 days is a clear demonstration of what’s possible when Divergent’s Adaptive Production System is utilised from day one,” says Lukas Czinger, Co-Founder and CEO of Divergent. “This is what production at the speed of relevance looks like.”

Enabled by Divergent’s Adaptive Production System, the approach collapses multi-hundred-part assemblies into unified additively manufactured structures to reduce part count and accelerate production.

“Mach’s selection for a production contract is the first of many opportunities to show not only speed to prototype, but speed to scaled manufacturing,” says Ethan Thornton, Founder and CEO of Mach.