The target is to produce millions of drones in the next three years, and to build «robust supply lines» to be able to increase production «to as however much we need.»
There is a bill going through Congress for a megacenter in Texas to produce a million drones, but Driscoll doesn’t want to rely on a single company.
— We want to partner with other drone manufacturers who are using them for Amazon deliveries and all the different use cases, he says.
Meanwhile, the Replicator initiative and Valkyrie fighter drones have spent years in limbo waiting for Congressional approval.
Read more: this is from a Reuters exclusive. See also Defense News.