"Firestorm Labs has designed a small, mobile factory that the company says can fabricate virtually any model of drone or drone part. Each factory consists of two 20-foot shipping containers, outfitted with industrial-grade HP printers. Set-up requires just two to four people, and the company estimates that each factory can currently churn out about 17small-to-mid-sized drones drones per week. The company also has two of its own drone designs."
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has challenged the tech industry to help the US catch up on drones, and Silicon Valley is eager to cash in. Firestorm last year won a $100 million Air Force contract to research and develop unmanned aerial systems. This year, it raised $47 million in Series A funding from New Enterprise Associates, Lockheed Martin Ventures, and others."
Firestorm Labs designed a mobile manufacturing system that can fabricate drones and drone parts using industrial-grade HP 3D printers housed in two 20-foot shipping containers. Each mobile factory requires two to four personnel for setup and can produce roughly 17 small-to-mid-sized drones per week, with two in-house drone designs already available. Firestorm won a $100 million Air Force research and development contract and raised $47 million in Series A funding. The Pentagon plans to buy hundreds of thousands of US-made drones, and military leaders emphasize logistics and faster iteration to close production gaps with adversaries.
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