#defense-manufacturing

#defense-manufacturing

The story of Achilles doesn't begin with an arrow. It begins with a mother who thought she could engineer invulnerability. Thetis dipped her infant son in the River Styx to make him immortal, holding him by the heel - the one place the water never touched. Achilles grew up to be the greatest warrior of his age, his armor impenetrable, his enemies routed. Nobody worried about the heel. Why would they? Everything else worked so well.

As global competition in space accelerates, New York is mobilizing its premier research institutions through NYCST to address workforce shortages, close capability gaps and mature the critical technologies our nation needs. For decades, our state has been a home to innovative aerospace companies. Through NYCST, we are now aligning that heritage with our top-tier research institutions to ensure that industry can develop and scale up breakthrough technologies right here in New York.

Firestorm Labs has designed a small, mobile factory that the company says can fabricate virtually any model of drone or drone part. Each factory consists of two 20-foot shipping containers, outfitted with industrial-grade HP printers. Set-up requires just two to four people, and the company estimates that each factory can currently churn out about 17small-to-mid-sized drones drones per week. The company also has two of its own drone designs.