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Air Force

Firestorm Labs Selected For STRATFI Funding To Scale Modular UAS, 3D Printing Cell

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, March 13th, 2025

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Firestorm Labs Selected For STRATFI Funding To Scale Modular UAS, 3D Printing Cell

Firestorm Labs' Tempest Group 2 drone. Image: Firestorm Labs

Startup Firestorm Labs has been selected for an Air Force venture funding award to help the company scale its Tempest unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and its additive manufacturing cell that can 3D print and assemble Tempest, and third party UAS and spare parts, the company said this week. The company is negotiating its Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) potentially worth $45 million, $15 million of government funds and $30 million of Firestorm’s, Chad McCoy, a co-founder and chief strategy officer, told…

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