How Packet Digital Is Scaling Domestic Drone Battery Manufacturing

How Packet Digital Is Scaling Domestic Drone Battery Manufacturing

In this episode, Packet Digital CEO Terri Zimmerman breaks down the company’s push to expand U.S.-based production of advanced lithium-ion batteries for military unmanned aircraft systems.

She discusses new investments, manufacturing plans at the Badland Batteries facility in North Dakota, and why domestic energy-storage capability is becoming a mission-critical requirement for future UAS operations.

Zimmerman also offers insight into engineering challenges, supply-chain constraints, and the performance demands shaping the next generation of drone power systems.


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Autonomous Drones Harness Wind for ISR and Counter UAS

Autonomous Drones Harness Wind for ISR and Counter UAS

Windlift, a North Carolina-based startup, recentlyannounced successful results from initial testing of a new autonomous tethered drone system that leverages winds aloft for intelligence, surveillance ...

31 Loka 202512min

Autonomous Targeting Systems for a New Autonomous Ground Vehicle

Autonomous Targeting Systems for a New Autonomous Ground Vehicle

During the Association for the United States Army (AUSA)2025 annualmeeting and exhibition, AimLock announced a partnership with Overland AI that will integrate their autonomous targeting and engagemen...

24 Loka 202514min

The Army's New Approach to Buying AI, Drones and Robotics

The Army's New Approach to Buying AI, Drones and Robotics

During the Association for the United States Army (AUSA)2025 annual meeting and exhibition, Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll's opening keynote presentation provided a reality check on the type of te...

17 Loka 202520min

Designing Low Cost Long-Range Autonomous Strike Drones

Designing Low Cost Long-Range Autonomous Strike Drones

MGI Engineering recently unveiled their new long-rangeautonomous precision strike drone, TigerShark, at the 2025 Defense and Security Equipment International (DSEI) event in London. MGI is a U.K.-base...

10 Loka 202518min

AI-Powered Military Communications at the Tactical Edge

AI-Powered Military Communications at the Tactical Edge

On this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast, Fuse Integration CEO Sumner Lee is the guest to discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) is re-defining how military communications and n...

3 Loka 202511min

Piasecki's KARGO UAV Program: Enabling Uncrewed Logistics

Piasecki's KARGO UAV Program: Enabling Uncrewed Logistics

Piasecki Aircraft Corporation acquired the KARGO UAV program from Kaman Air Vehicles in April, and recently launched a new upgraded variant of the medium-lift autonomous uncrewed aerial vehicle, the K...

22 Elo 202519min

Microchip’s New Processor Enables Scalable Computing Performance for Aerospace and Defense Applications

Microchip’s New Processor Enables Scalable Computing Performance for Aerospace and Defense Applications

In 2024, Microchip launched PIC64, a new portfolio of microprocessors that the Chandler, Arizona-based company claims could enable a generational leap in embedded processing performance for aerospace ...

15 Elo 202519min

A Quantum Accelerated Digital Twin for Aerospace and Defense Simulation

A Quantum Accelerated Digital Twin for Aerospace and Defense Simulation

A dual-use quantum accelerated simulation startup recentlyestablished a strategic collaboration with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to advance its mission-critical modeling and simulation capa...

8 Elo 202517min