Pentagon gives Machina Labs $9M to try building LUCAS airframes in modular factories
Machina Labs founders Edward Mehr and Babak Raeisinia have an 18-month contract to test building LUCAS metal airframes in modular factories.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: Bloomberg Technology
Why it matters
Machina's trial tests whether software-defined robotic factories can become reusable production capacity across drones, missiles, and aircraft repair.
The Pentagon has given Machina Labs an 18-month test of the idea Edward Mehr has been selling since he left rocket manufacturing: that a factory should reprogram as fast as the product changes. According to Bloomberg's November 6th report, Machina Labs received a $9 million contract to build metal airframes for the US military's Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System, or LUCAS, in quickly assembled modular factories.…
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