On Demand Webinar

Industrial Drones Are Scaling Fast — Is Your Manufacturing Ready?
Unlocking the 5 Bottlenecks Slowing Industrial Drone & VTOL Innovation

As the industrial drone market accelerates toward 2030, manufacturers are under growing pressure to deliver lighter airframes, stronger structures, and faster development cycles — without compromising reliability or cost efficiency.
Yet many UAV and VTOL programs are being slowed by five critical manufacturing bottlenecks:

1. Lightweight vs. Structural Strength
Balancing weight reduction with mission-ready durability remains a constant engineering challenge.

2. Slow Prototyping Cycles
Traditional CNC machining and outsourced production can stretch iteration timelines from days to weeks.

3. Small-Batch Production Complexity
Low-volume, high-mix manufacturing makes tooling investments costly and inefficient.

4. Supply Chain Fragility
Global sourcing risks, long lead times, and defense compliance requirements increase operational
uncertainty.

5. Certification & Reliability Pressure
Mission-critical applications demand validated materials, traceability, and structural performance data.

In this webinar, we explore how Markforged’s Continuous Fiber Reinforcement (CFR) technology addresses these bottlenecks by replacing aluminum and traditional machining with high-strength composite parts produced in hours, not weeks.　

Discover how leading drone and VTOL manufacturers are:

Replacing aluminum with continuous carbon fiber composites
Accelerating prototyping and production cycles
Enabling small-batch scalability without tooling
Strengthening supply chain resilience through digital inventory
Meeting reliability requirements with reinforced, flight-ready parts
The future of industrial drones is airborne.
The question is — is your manufacturing strategy ready to keep up?

Key Takeaways

Metal-Strength Materials: How CFR provides aluminum-level rigidity at half the weight.
Rapid Iteration: Move from CAD to flight-ready parts in under 24 hours.
Real-World Success: A case study on overcoming bottlenecks in small-batch production.
Scalability: Leveraging the FX series platform for large-scale airframes.

Who Should Attend?

R&D Engineers focused on aerodynamics and payload optimization.
Production Managers looking to reduce lead times and tooling costs.
Decision Makers driving innovation in the robotics and aerospace sectors.