John Serafini, Hawkeye 360 | theCUBE + NYSE Wired: AI Factories - Physical AI & Robotics
The Ukraine war has triggered an urgent Pentagon effort to catch up to China on drone technology, creating opportunities for start-ups that learn how to navigate fast-changing procurement practices.
Needed changes to the SBIR program by the INNOVATE Act can help seed growth of key emerging tech companies and move away from subsidizing permanent research houses whose core competency is grant-writing, not scaling technology.
Over the last decade, decreased costs of launch have unlocked new markets in space. The two largest are satellite communications and Earth observation in low Earth orbit (LEO)