Time from design to theatre of operations.

Scaling production

Cost of materials & production

Variability in production

Supply chain resilience

Data security and export control. 

Development timescales are moving from decades to months for new defence platforms. The composite industries supply chain and development process need to adapt to ensure airframes and composite structures can be delivered on demand to tight lead times. Plyable’s integrated software portal can transform CAD file to delivered product in as little as a few days – scale and complexity depending.

The trend in the defence market is moving towards smaller developers that are more able to meet able to agility requirements in order to scale faster. Composite niche experts are more likely able to meet complex tooling and process technology faster than larger consultancies whilst also having the connections to scale at the rates required.

That’s why our Plyable portal is underpinned with approved, experienced partners that are leaders in their specific composite manufacturing fields.

The cost of materials and production in defense aircraft is higher than for commercial airplanes. Costs are less associated to the weight and are assigned more to the extensive engineering hours, specialised labour methods, the unique processing of exotic materials, and the need to recoup decades of R&D over a limited production run.

Having a standardised production processes is key to scaling quickly and ensuring performance across all designs produced at high rate to minimise risk of failure in the manufacturing process. Our technology has been created to streamline and provide clarity to all stakeholders within the production process to make sure we leverage the traditional routes we know that work, whilst at the same time harnessing technology to enhance the process.

With geopolitical tensions rising globally, resilience needs to be built in to the supply chain with multiple options for supply from different countries.  Plyable has sourced key manufacturing partners in regions where there is high demand for defense aircraft. All suppliers are approved by our in house partnership team so you can be sure quality standards will always be met.

Data needs to be handled carefully and controls need to be in place to protect it. We understand defense and military’s operations need optimal protections so we’ve ensured our solution is of bank grade security.