DIU Awards IS4S Agreement for Enterprise Test Vehicle Prototype

Huntsville, AL 

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), in partnership with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) at Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), awarded an other transaction (OT) agreement to IS4S for the design and testing of an enterprise test vehicle (ETV). DIU awarded IS4S on April 15, 2024, for design cycle 1.  

Through this program, IS4S will develop prototype ETV systems for flight testing on an accelerated timeline. Future design improvements will be rapidly generated through the integration of subsystems across an open systems architecture. This technology will serve as a foundation for affordable mass production moving forward and provide an overwhelming dilemma for defending adversaries. 

As part of this effort, IS4S has partnered with Divergent Technologies, Inc. to design, build, and assemble the vehicle’s functionally integrated airframe. Divergent’s end-to-end software-hardware manufacturing solution called the Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS™) provides for rapid iteration and low-cost production of the IS4S ETV airframe. Through this partnership, IS4S and Divergent can deliver fast, flexible design with the ability to quickly scale production and meet warfighter needs. 

About Divergent

Divergent has created the world’s first end-to-end software-hardware production system for industrial digital manufacturing – DAPS™ – allowing customers to design, additively manufacture, and automatically assemble complex structures for automotive, aerospace, and defense applications. With maturity equivalent to TRL 9 in automotive, 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.