The military's purchasing power can significantly influence the consumer drone market, equipping soldiers with modern technology and driving industrial growth.

Drones have reshaped the nature of warfare in the past decade, enabling more distributed, decentralized, and lethal force structures, as seen in the Ukraine conflict.

To effectively modernize warfare, we must get advanced technologies into the hands of warfighters, as seeing is believing in terms of their impact.

While serving in the Air Force, I noticed many acquisition programs were outdated, which inspired me to innovate from the outside after leaving the military.

The rise of AI-controlled drones will change the nature of warfare, making it easier for smaller, technologically advanced states to compete without risking soldiers' lives.

I joined the Air Force to pay for my education at MIT, and my experience there focused on innovating within the Air Force to rapidly deliver new systems to the warfighter.

The asymmetry in warfare is evident when a drone costing a few thousand dollars can take out a system worth millions, a reality that the U.S. military has yet to fully address.

The future of warfare will be dominated by drones, leading to a battlefield with autonomous weapons rather than traditional military forces.

Current drone light shows rely heavily on GPS and communication links, which are vulnerable to jamming on the modern battlefield, making them less relevant for military operations.