Reindustrializing Drone Manufacturing in the U.S. | David Michelson, Re:Build Manufacturing
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David Michelson, former Army Ranger, DIU autonomy leader, and current Drones Thesis Leader at Re:Build Manufacturing, discusses what’s actually working and not working in drones and autonomy today.
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This conversation covers: Why autonomy is a spectrum, not a switch Lessons from Ukraine that the U.S. may be misreading The reality of drone operations vs. “swarm” hype Manufacturing constraints and scaling challenges Why design for manufacturability matters early The role of competition in defense acquisition What it takes to actually field systems at scale Follow David (LinkedIn) Re:Build Manufacturing (Website)
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