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This chapter explores the rapid evolution of autonomous technology and its significance in maintaining competitiveness. Guests discuss their entrepreneurial journeys and the founding of Firestorm, focusing on the strategic application of advanced aerial technologies in modern defense scenarios, including the war in Ukraine.

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Mike and Jake host Dan Magy, co-founder and CEO of Firestorm.

Firestorm’s mission is to democratize the air by re-imaging the way drones are built.

They developed a method to 3D-print modular drones at the point of need, using a combination of shipping-container-based factories and localized supply chains. Best of all, the drones themselves are modular—from props to jets, AI to sensors, etc.

The conversation went deep into “the why”: how Ukraine led to Firestorm, the real-time changing of the guard on how the Air Force thinks about building a credible force in light of all this, the exciting concept of attritable mass, rapidly innovating via crash-and-learn, and some history to boot.

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