Modern Drones and Rapid Prototyping

How was a small startup with a small team able to design and build an entirely new aircraft and one of the world’s fastest and most powerful drones? A modern renaissance in aerospace, fast-prototyping and worldwide manufacturing resources.

Mark Strauss co-founded WaveAerospace from his co-working desk in Stamford in 2014, with an idea for a unique propulsion system that could drive a drone faster and more efficiently than any other aircraft in existence. From his laptop and with a sub-$1000 3D printer, he created over 20 prototypes. With refined designs and parts inexpensively sourced from around the world came the X-5a Falcon II — a new category of aircraft. If not for today's technological renaissance of cloud-based laptop super-computing, 3-D printing and international commerce, none of this would have been possible.

Come to the WHIPgroup Tech Entrepreneur Meetup on Tuesday, November 19 to hear about the WaveAerospace backstory, their plans to sell their products commercially and how Mark was able to achieve so much momentum from a powerful idea and drive to build something new.

The WHIPgroup Tech Entrepreneur Meetup is held on the third Tuesday of each month. Our speakers are industry leaders with deep understanding of the most impactful trends in business, technology and science. Please join us at 6PM on Tuesday November 19 for an exciting discussion on the cutting edge of supply chain management.

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