Firestorm Labs says its xCell factories, which use HP’s 3D printers, can manufacture hundreds of UAV airframes or thousands of quadcopter frames per month.
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If, in the event of war, China attacks U.S. cargo ships and aircraft, the U.S. Defense Department is worried that troops stationed on islands in the Western Pacific would be cut off from receiving vital equipment and munitions. To solve that problem, the Pentagon is experimenting with an idea from...
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