Saab Reveals Pioneering 3D-Printed Fuselage for Autonomous Aircraft

Saab is rewriting the playbook for autonomous aircraft design with Divergent Technologies, unveiling a fuselage built without traditional assembly rigs.

The fuselage stretches 15 feet (4.6 meters) and is made from 26 3D-printed parts, all pieced together by robots.

This reportedly makes it the first aircraft body built using such a method, and it also ranks among the largest 3D-printed aerostructures ever attempted.

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