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Pentagon funds drone microfactories that print UAVs in the field

May 9, 2026
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San Diego drone startup Firestorm Labs has secured a 30 million contract under the Pentagon’s Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies program to deploy its 3D-printed Tempest Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and the containerized microfactories that produce them into the Indo-Pacific, the company announced in an exclusive release to Tectonic.

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