We’ve gotten down to sub $500 per red team drone for swarming sans warhead. Soon will be under $400 and will be fully programmatically controlled. It’s already a bit surreal to see with a handful but 50 of these is gonna be wild. @sentradel

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Bessemer · Jul 2, 2026 · 4:48 PM UTC

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@BessemerVPJul 2

1/ Defense tech has advanced more in the past twenty-four months than in the previous three decades. We’ve identified five frontiers driving innovation in defense and national security. 1️⃣Autonomy moving from concept to combat 2️⃣AI permeating DoW workflows 3️⃣New vectors for advanced manufacturing 4️⃣Edge and network resilience 5️⃣Energy and materials independence. 🧵