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In this episode, Mike sits down with Sheila Cummings,founder, president, and CEO of Cummings Aerospace.
Cummings Aero started in 2009 supporting the Huntsville,Alabama missile market, but recently decided to launch their own product—the Hellhound.
The Hellhound S3 is a man-portable, 3D-printe,d jet-powered kamikaze drone...and we have the FIRST-PUBLIC views of the actual drone—audio and video!
BREAKING NEWS: Sheila also announced a new variant—theHellhound S4. It’s tube-launched, bigger, better, and even faster than the S3!
If you're into military drones, cutting-edge tech, and thestart-up culture of finding ways to help the warfighter—this episode is for you.
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00:00 start
01:18 intro
01:56 origin story
05:03 high speed background
06:34 Hellhound origin story
10:54 introducing the Hellhound
11:27 3D-printed
12:31 finding an engine
13:34 See the Hellhound
21:20 naming the Hellhound
22:39 family of drones
24:38 supersonic variant
29:22 China & Industrialization
32:32 Industrial Mobilization Board
35:47 outro