Weapons builder to open missile frame factory in Long Beach

Weapons builder to open missile frame factory in Long Beach

Divergent, a Torrance-based defense company that contracts with Raytheon and the U.S. Air Force to mass produce missile parts, announced last Friday it will expand to Long Beach with a second factory. Using dozens of 3D printers they built in-house, called the Monolith One, the 430,000-square-foot facility will be capable of building 30,000 missile airframes or 60,000 warhead casings each year, depending on the needs of the Pentagon.   These par…