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Digital manufacturing company Haddy has produced an uncrewed vessel designated the TF-179 Drone Boat using large-format robotic additive manufacturing. The company did not name the customer, disclose the mission profile, or publish length, displacement, propulsion or material data for the boat.
That omission leaves the TF-179 itself difficult to assess on its own terms. What can be assessed is the production system behind it, which Haddy has been documenting in public for the better part of a year, and which now represents one of the more concrete examples of additive manufacturing displacing mold-based construction in defense maritime work.
“The maritime industry is redefining how vessels are designed and manufactured. The TF-179 Drone Boat is part of that evolution,” the company said i