Drone &
Government
Next generation of high-performance autonomous architectures — manufactured in the U.S. at cost parity with Chinese CF laminates.
The Way It Is Now
Autonomous flight systems are revolutionary, but two structural problems hold the industry back. First, aerostructures vendors typically operate on decade-long product refresh cycles while autonomous innovators iterate an order of magnitude faster. Second, U.S. and allied drone programs have historically faced a hard tradeoff: source low-cost carbon fiber laminates from China and accept the supply-chain and ITAR risk, or pay a steep premium for domestic composites. Neither option scales.
Where We Are Going
ARRIS technology eliminates that tradeoff. Our Additive Molding process produces continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic structures in the United States at prices competitive with Chinese CF laminates — while delivering higher performance, extreme part consolidation, and a faster path from design to volume production. For drone OEMs and government program offices, that means a domestic, allied-aligned supply chain and a unit cost that pencils out at scale.
Drone & Government Examples
