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Brett Barbee, vice president of business development for defense company Firestorm, was in attendance informing people about the company’s Tempest 50 uncrewed autonomous system. The small aircraft, which weighs less than 55 pounds, is entirely 3-D printed in a matter of hours. They can then have a fully operational platform in 36 hours.
Firestorm CEO, Dan Magy, says his company can print the entire drone body in nine-hours. Its goal is to be able to install all requisite hardware and software for a particular application and do production flight testing within 24 hours. Within 48 to 72 hours the UAV could be taken out of a box and an operator could “push go”. The company envisions producing 500 to 1,000 drones a month in short order.” (Tegler Para. 3).
As 3D printing technology advances and becomes more accessible, we will likely witness further breakthroughs in drone design, manufacturing, and customization
Firestorm Labs to supply the USAF with modular unmanned aerial systems under a significant contract, emphasizing rapid and cost-effective production.
(“Red Cat” or the “Company”), a military technology company integrating robotic hardware and software to protect and support the warfighter, has made a materially significant financial investment in Firestorm, an American company developing the first completely Modular Unmanned Aerial System (MUAS) that is 3D printed and payload agnostic
Silicon Valley Defense Group’s NATSEC100, sponsored by JPMorganChase, is our annual ranked list of leading venture-funded, national security-focused and dual-use startups.
Firestorm has developed 3D printed modular aircraft that can be quickly tailored for specific missions or altered on the battlefield.
The whole idea is for the drone to operate like an iPhone, basically building a platform around additive manufacturing
