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Firestorm Labs Raises $47 Million With Help From Lockheed, Booz Allen To Scale Manufacturing

Firestorm Labs Raises $47 Million With Help From Lockheed, Booz Allen To Scale Manufacturing
Firestorm's xCell containerized additive manufacturing system for 3D printing unmanned aircraft and related parts. Image: Firestorm Labs

Firestorm Labs, which has developed and expeditionary manufacturing capability for “point-of-need production” for drones and their parts, has raised $47 million in a Series A round that will be put toward hiring engineers, opening a larger production facility, expanding a partnership program, and accelerating in-theater production. The funding round was led by New Enterprise Associates with participation from the venture arms of Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Booz Allen Hamilton [BAH], Decisive Point, and Washington Harbour Partners. Firestorm’s factory-in-a-box is called…

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