Firestorm Labs Raises $82M to Deploy Containerized Drone Factories to Front Lines

Defense startup Firestorm Labs raised $82 million Series B (total funding $153M) to deploy containerized drone factories (xCell) to front lines. Led by Washington Harbour Partners with participation from NEA, Ondas, In-Q-Tel, Lockheed Martin, Booz Allen Ventures, Geodesic, Motley Fool Ventures, and others. The company pivoted from drone manufacturing when customers wanted distributed production in conflict zones. Target deployment is the Indo-Pacific within 2 years, inspired by Ukraine conflict lessons where drone designs change in days and fixed sites are vulnerable.