A US Start Up In Florida is Making Drum Interceptors for IRAN
A facility in the United Arab Emirates that makes drone interceptors for Powerus, a U.S. start-up.Ismaeel Naar/The New York Times By Farah Stockman and Ismaeel Naar Farah Stockman reported from Washington, and Ismaeel Naar from the United Arab Emirates New York Times In a small warehouse in the United Arab Emirates, workers spend up to 12 hours a day snapping together 3-D printed components to make interceptors capable of knocking Iranian drones out of the sky at speeds of up to 200 miles per hour. The facility, which came online last month, is being used by Powerus, a start-up in West Palm Beach, Fla., to make inexpensive interceptors. The factory is the company’s first foray into the Middle East, and part of its plan to become a global supplier. Factories affiliated with Powerus make roughly 3,000 drone interceptors a month, a spokesman said, and the company is trying to establish a network of factories that will increase production to 15,000 a m...