DARPA TRADES Developed new Design Tools to Exploit Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies

Manufacturing technology breakthroughs in recent years, such as 3D printing, have allowed precise material placement, new material behaviors, and complex shaping of parts and structures. Design tools, however, have not kept up with the complexity of the design space resulting from these advances.   DARPA’s TRAnsformative DESign (TRADES) program, which began in 2017, set out…