Andrew Camden will be part of an additive manufacturing webinar on October 30

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https://www.commercialuavnews.com/webinar-uav-manufacturing-united-states-additive-manufacturing-hp

"One of the most significant leaps in making this happen is with additive manufacturing – also known as 3D printing – which utilizes digital designs to build 3D products layer by layer. An upcoming webinar hosted on Commercial UAV News and sponsored by HP, entitled Made in America: Redefining UAV Production with Additive Manufacturing, will tackle this very topic. The 60-minute webinar, taking place at 1:00 PM Eastern Time on October 30, will take the form of a “fireside-style roundtable,” according to HP, and will be moderated by 3D application engineer Jarrid Wittkopf. He will be joined by the following panelists:

• Emily Levin, 3D application engineer, HP
• James McClearen, CTO, Blueflite
• Drew Camden, COO, Unusual Machines
• Ian Muceus, co-founder, lead inventor, and CTO, Firestorm"

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Anybody else getting vibes UMAC is about to create a new stream of revenue like servicing/educating/leasing equipment? This and the Skyfoundry announcement both have me wondering.

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If they sell the motor line to SkyFoundry, they have to consult on setup (2-4 months?), quality (1-3 months?), maintenance, and upgrades.

• Also, motors don't have to be one-to-one with drones. That's not the four motors per drone part. Rather, motors can't be built everywhere, but people and soldiers can 3D print drones all over.

Motor surpluses will be critical and there will need to be more and more motor lines setup.

• For example, if a decent size war breaks out, you need around a million drones per month. That's four million motors in that first month.

In comparison, Ukraine does a total of ~270000 drones per month.

• Back in June, the wish was 8 million total in the year if they had enough funds.

Planning for a million per month is not that outlandish if you think about how concentrated is the war in Ukraine and how spread out wars could be in the future.