ROBOZE is supporting the Italian Armed Forces and the Navy by means of an industrial analysis and growth challenge aimed toward radically reworking spare components administration within the naval defence sector.
The DIgitales partes Advert Necessitatem Armatorum (DIANA) challenge is designed to develop new technological infrastructures to assist the Italian Armed Forces and the Navy, bettering the operational availability of naval models by means of superior digitalisation and distributed manufacturing fashions.
Co-funded by the Italian Ministry of Defence below the Nationwide Navy Analysis Plan managed by the Nationwide Armaments Directorate, The DIANA Program has been developed by a consortium composed of ROBOZE, Donexit S.r.l. (a Tinexta Defence group firm), Isotta Fraschini Motori S.p.A., NESST S.r.l., and Politecnico di Bari. Prof. Gianluca Percoco, Full Professor of Manufacturing Applied sciences and Methods at Politecnico di Bari, will supervise the challenge.
The goal of the challenge is to develop a safe digital infrastructure able to figuring out, reconstructing, and producing mission-critical spare components straight close to the purpose of use, lowering dependence on lengthy and susceptible provide chains. It can combine the identification of broken components on board naval models, digital reconstruction by means of reverse engineering of unavailable components, and technical validation of fashions and manufacturing information. Technical validation of fashions and manufacturing information and the safe administration of knowledge and manufacturing recordsdata may also be a spotlight of the consortium’s efforts.
“DIANA represents an essential step towards new upkeep fashions primarily based on digitalisation and distributed manufacturing. These are applied sciences with robust dual-use worth, able to producing impression each within the defence sector and in lots of civilian industrial functions,” stated Prof. Percoco.
As challenge chief, ROBOZE will information the design and integration of the technological platform, coordinating the event of {hardware}, software program, and digital workflows that can allow the safe, scalable, and repeatable manufacturing of mission-critical elements.
“With DIANA, we’re contributing to the event of a brand new industrial infrastructure for fleet operational assist,” added Simone Cuscito, Chief R&D & Product Officer at ROBOZE. “Via digitalisation and additive manufacturing, we will carry element manufacturing straight near the purpose of use, drastically lowering intervention occasions and strengthening the operational readiness of naval models.”
As soon as accomplished, the challenge will exhibit how distributed digital manufacturing can turn into a strategic ingredient for defence upkeep actions, enabling the native and safe manufacturing of mission-critical elements even in complicated operational contexts.
