A plane made almost entirely out of “printed” parts flew last weekend at an airshow in Britain. It was made by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works in Palmdale, CA, and is a 28m unmanned vehicle made of radar-absorbing composites.
About 90 per cent of Polecat is made of composite materials with much of that material made by rapid prototyping.“The entire Polecat airframe was constructed using low-cost rapid prototyping materials and methods,” says Frank Mauro, director of UAV systems at the Skunk Works.
(via Futurismic)