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Neutralizing the swarm: Fortem cements its position as the go-to for drone defense
It becomes clearer every day how both the modern warfare and domestic security landscapes have fundamentally changed. Small drones, once dismissed as hobbyist toys, have become some of the most versatile and dangerous tools for surveillance, disruption, and lethal coordinated attack.
DCVC DTOR 2025: Introduction
In terms of the value added to global GDP by its manufacturing sector — that is, the value of outputs, minus the cost of inputs — the U.S. ranks second in the world, surpassed only by China. “People don’t realize that the United States is, in fact, a leader in manufacturing,” says Zachary Bogue, co-founder and managing partner at DCVC.
DCVC DTOR 2024: A few words on the investing climate
How are we putting our funds to work to realize the ambitious goals spelled out in this year’s Deep Tech Opportunities Report? And why are we convinced, at an intellectual and a gut level, that DCVC’s approach to deep-tech investing will bring venture-scale returns while nurturing companies that change the world? Like the companies in our portfolio, we’re closely attuned to data. So let’s look at some numbers.
DCVC DTOR 2024: Introduction
Our argument goes something like this: we are not “techno-optimist” maximalists, but we do have hope. We see the possibility of a future — perhaps by the late twenty-first or early twenty-second century— when people will be living in unprecedented prosperity and equality. The citizens of this future world will enjoy greatly extended lifespans and healthspans. Water, food, and energy will be plentiful.
Lumafield announces breakthrough in CT scanning: from hours/minutes…
A picture is worth a thousand words — and sometimes much, much more. The image above represents a staggering achievement by DCVC-backed Lumafield: a 3,600X improvement in the speed of generating a given high-quality CT scan, as compared to the industry-standard method.
Cybersecurity, Security, & Defense
How Fortem is helping the U.S. and its allies get ahead of the drone threat
Cycle Torque Test – EBR 1190RX - Cycle Torque
WE NEED to get a couple of things squared away before we go into the test of the pretty amazing EBR 1190RX. – Buell no longer exists, Harley-Davidson sold it a few years ago. – EBR is owned by Eric Buell. – 49 per cent of EBR is owned by Indian based company Hero Group. While not being privy to the deal between H-D and Eric Buell when the bust up occurred, Eric must have been given access to parts, technology etc etc for the EBR to be given life in the form it has been.
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