Rebuilding the aerospace and defense composite supply chain.

AI Native Composite Factories

Raven builds automated production systems for critical composite structures. Our MAD platform deposits, cures, and monitors material in one process, removing hard tooling, hand layup, and autoclave queues from production.

Solid Rocket Motors

Nozzles, throats, ablative liners, and case insulation.

Hypersonics

Leading edges, control surfaces, and thermal protection.

Missile Defense

Interceptor structures, radomes, and hot-section hardware.

Munitions

Composite airframes and cases at production rate.

Reentry

Heat shields and aeroshells for capsules returning from orbit.

01The MAD Platform

Composite structures, printed and cured in one automated process.

Raven's Microwave Assisted Deposition (MAD) platform robotically deposits composite material and cures it with microwave energy as the part is built. MAD replaces molds, hand layup, and separate autoclave cycles with a software-controlled production cell.

A FANUC robot deposits composite material onto a conical solid rocket motor insulation preform inside a compact, instrumented manufacturing cell. — MAD Cell

No Hard Tooling

Geometry changes are software changes. No molds, mandrels, or release constraints in the loop.

Automated Work Cells

Robotic deposition replaces hand layup, so throughput scales with machines, not touch labor.

Cured During Printing

Microwave energy maintains the optimal cure state during deposition. No autoclave is required.

Minimal Post-Processing

Near-net-shape printing leaves only critical tolerance features for final machining.

Two thermal cameras integrated into the deposition shroud observe the active composite bead while a monitor displays geometry, thermal feedback, and a live RGB view. — Closed-Loop Metrology

02AI Closed-Loop Control

Live sensor feedback drives real-time motion and cure control.

Process telemetry measures the part against its digital build state. Raven's AI models detect drift and update deposition and cure parameters before the next pass, closing the loop inside the build instead of after it.

Sense

Process telemetry observe bead geometry and cure state as material is deposited.

Model

Raven models compare the live build state against the nominal geometry and process window.

Correct

Path, flow, and cure inputs update in-cycle so deviation is addressed before the next pass.

A long-exposure night photograph of an interceptor missile arcing into a starry sky above the Aegis Ashore test complex. — Missile Defense

03The Supply-Chain Constraint

The industrial base cannot produce critical composite hardware fast enough.

Demand for motors, interceptors, hypersonic systems, and aerospace structures is rising faster than tooling-bound production can respond. Once Raven establishes a process for a part, production scales by adding automated cells instead of duplicating tooling and touch labor.

Rate

Capacity scales with machine count, not with certified touch labor.

Traceability

Material lot, path, cure history, and inspection stay attached to each part.

Responsiveness

New geometry enters production without a tooling program.

Placement

Cells deploy where programs need capacity, including point of need.

04Solid Rocket Motors

Critical solid rocket motor components without long-lead tooling.

Raven is applying MAD to nozzles, throats, and ablative insulation. These structures are still built by hand around dedicated molds and mandrels. Printing them directly from qualified chemistries removes tooling and separate cure cycles from the critical path.

05Materials Platform

New materials expand the mission envelope.

Raven is building an automated lab to formulate, mix, and screen composite feedstocks. The same robotic workflow moves successful formulations into repeatable, high-throughput production.

Concept visualization of an automated materials laboratory with a robotic arm serving repeated formulation and mixing stations. — Automated Materials Lab Concept

Thermoset Composites

Phenolic, epoxy, and silicone systems for insulation, structures, and RF-transparent hardware.

Ceramic Materials

Alumina and silicon carbide for seeker, hot-gas, and high-temperature components.

Hybrid Composites

Thermoset and ceramic material systems that combine scalable processing with higher-temperature performance.

06Across Aerospace & Defense

The same platform extends beyond propulsion.

Raven's materials and automated cells apply wherever programs need complex composite structures at higher rate, from tactical UAS and radomes to advanced airframes and reentry systems.