What if the factory floor can move to the frontlines? The result: faster production, lower costs, and less expensive systems sidelined due to missing parts. Firestorm’s xCell moves industrial-grade manufacturing capabilities forward, giving warfighters the right to repair and iterate critical technologies. Not only can it produce low-cost UAVs in hours, it can print repair parts to legacy systems that would otherwise be inoperable for months.

Flight testing never stops🔥

BREAKING: The U.S. military is now 3D printing attack helicopter parts at sea. @Firestorm_Labs successfully designed and manufactured a critical droop stop aboard the USS Essex after rough seas put the helicopter’s rotor system at risk. This points to a broader potential shift in the DoW supply chain, with sustainment moving closer to the point of need. Systems like xCell put additive manufacturing in a shipping container, giving units the ability to produce parts forward and react to changing conditions without waiting on the traditional supply chain.

Happy Firestorm Day to all who celebrate🔥 One year ago, on the day of our new HQ ribbon-cutting, the City of San Diego officially proclaimed September 15th as Firestorm Labs Day. We're honored to contribute to the San Diego tech ecosystem by building capability that supports the warfighters. Thank you @MayorToddGloria and everyone who has supported our journey.

During xCell’s two-week deployment at sea, Firestorm designed and manufactured a critical component on-demand for an attack helicopter: a droop stop that helps protect the aircraft’s main rotor and blades from damage. While these helicopters are routinely transported by ship, they had never operated from a Navy deck with their rotors mounted. During this deployment, they did so in some of the heaviest seas off Southern California in five years, exposing the rotor system to constant waves, wind, and deck movement. The sailors and marines on the ship turned to Firestorm’s xCell to print a component where and when it was needed, preventing potentially millions of dollars of damage. That’s the power of expeditionary manufacturing: keeping critical systems in the fight instead of waiting months for repair parts to arrive. This was conducted aboard the USS Essex and facilitated by @NPS_Monterey's PIA partner FLEETWERX.

Firestorm is a proud partner of @NavyAthletics at @NavalAcademy. Good luck to the Midshipmen in their home-opener this weekend. Go Navy! ⚓️

@Firestorm_Labs is legit technology and an excellent mission partner.

Go Army!

Firestorm is proud to partner with @GoArmyWestPoint We’re honored to support the Black Knights and the next generation of leaders at West Point. Go Army!

Firestorm was thankful for the opportunity to showcase our expeditionary manufacturing capabilities and mission-adaptable UAS to @ASWCTDoddFather at Technology Readiness Experimentation (T-REX) 26-3. This tier 1 experimentation event focused on contested logistics, a problem Firestorm's xCell mobile microfactory was designed to solve. Building attritable UAS is only one component of a larger ecosystem. Being able to self-sustain repair parts to mission-critical systems at the edge is what turns capability into sustained readiness. Thank you the Office Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering for the opportunity. #OUSWRE

🇺🇸 Firestorm (@Firestorm_Labs) UAS being observed by Assistant Secretary of War Mike Dodd at T-REX 26-3 event.

Nothing beats seeing capabilities tested against real conditions with operators in the loop - and that's exactly what happened at T-REX 26-3 this week. This is how we get the best tech to the warfighter faster. Insomnia adversariis nostris

Firestorm is proud to be an official partner of Battlefield 2027, a defense technology showcase bringing together innovators, operators, and policymakers in Washington, D.C. We'll be demonstrating xCell's expeditionary manufacturing capabilities and displaying our family of mission-adaptable UAS. October 12-14, 2026 Want to experience the technologies shaping the future fight? DM us for an invite.

Contested logistics has become a top priority for the @DeptofWar to solve. The U.S. is rethinking how it delivers the people, equipment, and supplies needed to fight in contested environments. Firestorm’s solution combines mission-adaptable systems with production power at the edge. Expeditionary manufacturing enables operators to self-sustain their systems and supplies, instead of waiting months on supply chains.

Firestorm is displaying xCell’s expeditionary manufacturing capabilities and our mission-adaptable UAS at T-REX 26-3 Distinguished Visitors Day.   Come see firsthand how we’re solving contested logistics: enabling the freedom to fix at the edge.   Aug 27 Camp Grafton, ND

Firestorm’s factory-in-a-box was originally designed in response to the demand to produce attritable mass closer to the point of need. Along the way, we discovered that the real demand is for repair parts.   Contested logistics leave operators unable to rely on resupply shipments to repair their systems. When a multi-million-dollar system is inoperable due to a missing part, warfighters don’t have the luxury of time to wait for that part to be shipped in. Giving end-users the ability to produce and self-sustain at the edge saves costs, time, and resources.   Our xCell mobile microfactory proved its ability to produce drones and critical components in hours—aboard a ship and in rough sea conditions. It’s a real-world example of why expeditionary manufacturing matters: when supply chains are constrained, the factory needs to move closer to the point of need.   Thank you @defense_news for covering our recent maritime deployment on the USS Essex. na2.hubs.ly/H07hS4L0

The @DeptofWar's Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies (APFIT) program is built to transition technology from the lab to the warfighter RAPIDLY. To date, APFIT has transitioned 100+ technologies to operational use, with $2+ billion awarded to small businesses and non-traditional innovators, reaching companies in 30+ states. At the recent APFIT on the Hill event, we put the program's impact on full display, proving to leaders that the Department is actively delivering the tools our warfighters need to dominate.

“While our nation was focused on countering violent extremists for two decades, our competitors focused on matching our way of war.” - General Charles Q. Brown Jr.   The U.S. needs to field millions of attritable systems to keep up with China, but its output today is measured in thousands.   Firestorm’s xCell microfactory is a major piece of the puzzle that will strengthen the defense industrial base. #WinThePacific

Firestorm was honored to host @RepMcCormick at our HQ this week. At Firestorm, we don't just build drones. We build the manufacturing infrastructure that keeps the drones flying and sustains critical missions. That distinction matters more than ever as the United States Department of War rethinks what resilient industrial capacity looks like for the next fight. Thank you, Rep. McCormick, for taking the time to see our mission in action: equip the warfighters with adaptable systems and advanced manufacturing power at the point of need.

Daily Hard Tech Headlines: - @TiberiusInc has signed a CRADA with the US Army to advance Sceptre, a Mach 3+ ramjet-powered 155mm round designed to strike targets up to 150 kilometers away in GPS-denied environments. - @aureliuslasers has secured a $40 million Series A led by Draper Associates and KAS Venture Partners. The San Francisco startup develops laser-based C-UAS systems to neutralize drone threats. - Fulcrum Venture Group has added Dave Horvath as principal and head of its D.C. office. Horvath served as an officer at U.S. Cyber Command and U.S. Special Operations Command and previously led growth at Forterra. - @OndasHoldings has secured a $50M+ U.S. Army order to deliver tactical strike drones. - Claro Puerto Rico, one of the island’s largest telecom operators, is investing $35M to extend a submarine fiber-optic cable, marking the first such cable landing in southern Puerto Rico. The Romanian Navy has carried out controlled explosions to redirect river water toward a nuclear power plant for cooling as water levels fall dangerously low. - @AvatarRobots has secured a $6.5 million seed round led by @alley_corp. The San Francisco startup develops robotics for the logistics, warehousing, and manufacturing markets. - Moove, the UAE-based startup, has secured a $250 million Series C led by Mubadala. The company is developing fleet operations and infrastructure for autonomous vehicles. - The University of Florida has launched a robotics lab focused on construction tech. - Avnet, the Arizona-based electronics distributor, has partnered with Weston Robot to develop edge computing for industrial robotics. - Telesat has secured a C$2.3B contract to expand Arctic military satellite communications for the Canadian Armed Forces | Forces armées canadiennes. - Gautam Gupta has joined Atoms as CFO. Founded by Travis Kalanick, Atoms is developing hard-tech across mining, transportation, and food. - Antin Infrastructure Partners is in exclusive talks to sell Idex, a European developer of low-carbon energy infrastructure, to Infrastructure Investments Fund. - @Firestorm_Labs, the San Diego-based forward-deployed manufacturing startup, has successfully tested its xCell containerized additive manufacturing platform in the maritime domain, printing more than 1,000 parts, including 12 FPV drones, across varying sea states.