US domestic drone manufacturing capacity is underfunded by a factor of 100
Blake Resnick · How This Company Is Transforming 911 Responses With Autonomous Drones | Blake Resnick on TBPN · Apr 26, 2025 · at 14:52
Blake Resnick is the founder and CEO of BRINC, an American public safety and tactical drone manufacturer.
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“No, I think it's off by like a factor of a hundred. It's actually, it's actively terrifying actually. We have no drone industrial capacity. I think the DOD continues to under invest in small drones.”
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