The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has officially unveiled Aires Tide, a proof-of-concept flight test platform developed through the integration of artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, and additive manufacturing. It represents the first tangible outcome of Project Genesis, launched by a White House executive order in November 2025. The development involved Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore, and Sandia National Laboratories, as well as the Kansas City National Security Campus. According to the NNSA, the development cost was approximately one-fifteenth that of traditional methods, and the timeline was about one-seventh—from October 2025 to March 2026, the team completed the entire process from concept design to multiple prototype builds and testing in roughly five months. In May 2026, the team successfully conducted two flight tests from an altitude of 32,000 feet at the Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. The project validated a rapid iterative closed-loop approach combining AI-driven design, supercomputing simulation, and additive manufacturing, exploring a new model for national security capability development.