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- What actually gave rise to this program

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was maybe about a year ago, the Marine Corps Commandant

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said he wanted a Quad for Every Squad.

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Basically, what we've done is taken

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two emerging technologies, 3D Printing,

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and Quad Copters and sort of put them

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together in a way that gives a soldier

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a customized vehicle right when they need it,

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and it gives them exactly the capabilities

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that they need on demand.

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- [Man] With the 3D Printed Quad Copters

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that we're doing, you can essentially

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swap a new part in within a day,

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and that's really crucial when you have quickly

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changing mission needs, you need to have

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quickly changing assets to respond.

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So there's really no limit on one performance metric,

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like range, or endurance, it's just

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a matter of creating what you need.

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- A lot of the time, someone will look at

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the UASes sitting on the table,

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and they'll ask questions such as how much can it carry?

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How long can it fly?

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How far can it go?

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We would like the question to be,

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internally, how far do I need to fly?

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What do I need to carry?

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What does my mission need to be?

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And then the tools that we're developing

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will help you actually design the most

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appropriate UAS for that mission.

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- We want to put the latest technology on the next day.

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And we're able to do that by just 3D Printing,

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and making little adjustments,

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and handing it off immediately.

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It takes about 24 hours to go from

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I need a Quad that does XYZ to having

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it in your hands, ready to go.

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