Divergent, Raytheon collaborate to redesign and deliver critical naval systems

Divergent Technologies, Inc. has collaborated with Raytheon, an RTX business, to reengineer naval products by leveraging the Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS).

The collaboration has resulted in numerous program successes focused on production scalability and efficiency. In one example, the companies modernized a decades-old design for scalable production in under five months, despite the absence of the original tooling or production infrastructure.

In another example, the Divergent and Raytheon teams rapidly redesigned a legacy Raytheon effector, consolidating the airframe's component count, effectively reducing the total part count by 80%. By simplifying the structure through functionally integrated structures, the platform's performance and survivability were preserved while simultaneously improving manufacturability and reducing assembly complexity.

“In a matter of months, we transformed a legacy blueprint into an optimized, digital-first design that was then manufactured as flight-ready hardware using a next generation, software-defined manufacturing process,” says Lukas Czinger, Co-Founder & CEO of Divergent. “Our team's success has demonstrated the power that a fully integrated digital production system brings to extend the life of existing platforms and meet urgent operational needs.”

The reimagined design, parts consolidation, and simplified assembly underscore how digital manufacturing can sustain and evolve mission-critical systems. Divergent's platform-based approach enables scalable fabrication of aerospace-grade assemblies without the need for dedicated tooling or legacy supply chains, accelerating development timelines and improving adaptability across mission sets.

“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,” says Barbara Borgonovi, president of Naval Power at Raytheon. “This shows how agile collaborations can accelerate capability delivery and has tremendous potential as we explore how we can apply it across the Raytheon portfolio.”

The relationship has demonstrated a powerful model for modernizing long-serving systems across the defense enterprise while maintaining operational relevance against emerging threat profiles.