WASHINGTON — Defense tech startups are repurposing automotive chips and pipes used in fracking — while copying production methods from drugmakers — in an effort to deliver weapons to the Pentagon faster and at lower cost.
An employee walks through the FlackTek facility, a company that manufactures specialized mixing equipment used to produce energetics for missiles, in Louisville, Colorado, June 23.
An assembly technician works on a mixer at FlackTek, a company that manufactures specialized mixing equipment used to produce energetics for missiles, in Louisville, Colorado, June 23.
Assembly technicians work on a mixer at FlackTek, a company that manufactures specialized mixing equipment used to produce energetics for missiles, in Louisville, Colorado, June 23.
An employee walks through the FlackTek facility, a company that manufactures specialized mixing equipment used to produce energetics for missiles, in Louisville, Colorado, June 23.
An assembly technician works on a mixer at FlackTek, a company that manufactures specialized mixing equipment used to produce energetics for missiles, in Louisville, Colorado, June 23.
Assembly technicians work on a mixer at FlackTek, a company that manufactures specialized mixing equipment used to produce energetics for missiles, in Louisville, Colorado, June 23.
