DOD Taps Machina To Deploy Drone Airframe Factories On U.S. Bases

iran drone

Iran Shahed-class drone.

Credit: U.S. Central Command Public Affairs
Machina will deploy two “Edge Factories” for designing and making the metallic airframes of large, one-way attack drones on two U.S. Air Force bases after winning a Pentagon challenge award, the Los Angeles-based company announced Nov. 6. The pilot factories will include a capability to design small...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC.

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