CaliforniaA $9 million award targets one-way attack drones built near front lines.
It shortens supply chains that could be severely degraded in a major conflict.
Two robotic arms cut metal LUCAS airframes to payload and range specifications set in software from nTop.
The 18-month contract only tests the system, and a decision on producing at scale comes later.
Machina will first set up 2 factories in the continental US, with forward sites like Kuwait the goal.
How each outlet framed it
- The War Zone
- places the $9M Machina award in the Pentagon's containerized forward-manufacturing push to shorten supply chains in conflict
Sources: The War Zone