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Sandia engineer: Genesys demonstrator used AI and advanced manufacturing to cut design and test timelines
Summary
Siva Radhamanikam of Sandia National Laboratories described a Genesys mission demonstrator (project named in the talk as "Aerie Stied") that used agent‑driven topology optimization and advanced manufacturing to produce a flight‑test vehicle design with first production in three months and a first flight test in eight months.
Siva Radhamanikam, a Sandia National Laboratories technical staff member, presented a Genesys mission demonstrator for flight‑test vehicles that combined agent‑driven topology optimization, AI‑directed sensor placement and advanced manufacturing. He said the project brought together three NNSA laboratories (Sandia, Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos) and a Kansas City manufacturing partner to execute the mission.
Radhamanikam described how agents explored a large design space to generate nonintuitive payload structures and how humans selected a design for manufacturing, noting the demonstrator produced multiple candidate designs and delivered the first production in three months and a first flight test in eight months. "With a technology like AI, Aristide is 1 example where you can go for better, faster, and cheaper," he said, presenting the demonstrator as an example of applying AI and advanced manufacturing to national security needs.
He invited attendees to inspect the flight vehicle displayed in the hall and said the Genesys platform will be made available to other domains through the same tools used for this demonstrator.
