Reindustrializing Drone Manufacturing in the U.S. | David Michelson, Re:Build Manufacturing
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
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