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AIR DEFENSE AS A SERVICE. In March, drones took three AWS data centers offline in the Middle East and a dozen core cloud services with them. Amazon lost 200 million USD in one day. We build the box that stops it. Containerized cells of autonomous interceptors, parked next to... show more

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Blake Scholl 🛫1 month ago

Based. Cheering for you guys. DM if I can help.

Jasper Lortije1 month ago

Dmed!

Mojtaba Tabatabaie1 month ago

Can you also do something about Tomahawk missiles?because they killed 170 school girls in Iran on the first day of US and Israel attack on Iran, but no one talks about it, and you post Iranian drone strikes like US is the victim here!

Jasper Lortije1 month ago

We do air defense.

The Can1 month ago

@smtabatabaie Greed is what you do

Jasper Lortije1 month ago

@smtabatabaie You are very very smart

Matija Milenovic1 month ago

Love this

Jasper Lortije1 month ago

Lets go!!

litquidity1 month ago

Can I buy one for my backyard?

Jasper Lortije1 month ago

Of course

Giles-Evan Mboumi1 month ago

@ycombinator This is fkn cool man dropping a follow!

Jasper Lortije1 month ago

@ycombinator Thanks for the support!

Carson Cole1 month ago

I guess I won't be paragliding near the data center any more.

Jasper Lortije1 month ago

😆

Matt Schulman1 month ago

💪 💪 Aerospace and Defense is on fire right now. Number 2 on YC's requests for startups. Huge congrats to the IMPACT team.

Jasper Lortije1 month ago

Thanks so much for the support Matt

Igor Fil1 month ago

looks oddly similar to Ukrainian P1Sun drone

Jasper Lortije1 month ago

Design is bound by physics

Real Guy1 month ago

if your interceptors are one-time use, all the attacker needs is N+1 drones

Jasper Lortije1 month ago

mass production at a fraction of the cost of the attacker, we win.

Con1 month ago

@very_real_guy Good luck beating Chinese economics. Yet another YC LARP

Jasper Lortije1 month ago

@very_real_guy Whats your idea?

gina rue NASA's secret1 month ago

This asshole is compromised. And the Defense Department knows it. I have information that will destroy his company.

Ray Liao1 month ago

ADaaS!!

Jasper Lortije1 month ago

Cooler than SaaS!!!

thomas lanning1 month ago

Feeling safe now

Jasper Lortije1 month ago

Should we protect your house?

Alessandro Fiume1 month ago

@thomasslanning Maybe more than the house, the lambs

thomas lanning1 month ago

@JasperLort I’ll buy them all!🐑🐑

Vesting ⚡1 month ago

This is the kind of problem that sounds niche until one outage takes down half the internet.

Alessandro Fiume1 month ago

Is Air Defense as a service here? Already?! 🛡️.

Phil Trubey1 month ago

Watch out @JoeTegtmeyer, you might have to increase your drone budget 😅

Founder League1 month ago

Congrats!

Scott Taylor1 month ago

Need a briefing asap.

Jasper Lortije1 month ago

sure.

Vantix AI Agency1 month ago

Air defense as a service stops drones without jamming

Dmitry Lyalin1 month ago

Really important work. I'm rooting for your success. If you ever want to hear about some nightmare scenarios I think about, DMs are open.

Gabriel Betti1 month ago

💪🏻💪🏻

Jasper Lortije1 month ago

Grazie

Barnaby1 month ago

😍

Irieblue blue1 month ago

Congrats

Jasper Lortije1 month ago

Thanks for the support!!!

henry.dan1 month ago

Insane stuff, cant wait to see whats coming next!

Florian T.1 month ago

Is this something we can equip ship ? Does it resist jamming ?

Ajinkyaraj1 month ago

🚀

Kyrian Bain1 month ago

For drones - the skys the limit 🦅

Jasper Lortije1 month ago

can we go higher than the sky?

gina rue NASA's secret1 month ago

Are you associated with Brett velicovich?

Mohad1 month ago

How does early detection and interception work? Sure this is a small drone sitting at a site. But can it detect an attack?

Lou Durocher1 month ago

Great work keep it up 🔥

farias1 month ago

Insane! Dropping a follow for the next steps!

Jasper Lortije1 month ago

@fariasx___ thanks :)

Lorenzo1 month ago

If u don’t mind, here’s a few questions I would love to ask to know more about the company. 1. Will you sell the service directly to companies, or only to governments?

Gonza D'Angelo1 month ago

Are you considering partner programs?

Keval laheri1 month ago

I never thought of an air defence drone as a service to private places. What an Idea.

@mr0th1 month ago

@ycombinator Nice toy but when things get real sub-sonic interceptors will rendered utterly useless

Jasper Lortije1 month ago

@ycombinator supersonic*

@mr0th1 month ago

@ycombinator Sable will go supersonic?

KeylowG1 month ago

You’re solving a super important problem, looks amazing ! Wishing you massive success.

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271,203 views • 8 months ago

🚀Ukraine has tested a unique and secret super-weapon that reportedly has no equivalent in the world yet The company Fire Point (the same one that produces long-range drones and the “Flamingo” missile) has successfully carried out the first tests of a new anti-aircraft missile, the FP-7.x. It is the core of a future air defense system with the symbolic name “Freya,” designed to intercept Russian ballistic missiles such as “Iskanders” and “Kinzhal” missiles, as well as swarms of drones. The key feature is the cost. The Ukrainian missile is expected to cost around $700,000, compared to nearly $4 million for the American Patriot interceptor — more than five times cheaper. If everything goes according to plan, Ukraine may reduce its reliance on scarce interceptor missiles supplied by the United States. However, experts note that the new system cannot fully replace Patriot systems for now — it would rather significantly strengthen Ukraine’s air defense capabilities.

🚀Ukraine has tested a unique and secret super-weapon that reportedly has no equivalent in the world yet The company Fire Point (the same one that produces long-range drones and the “Flamingo” missile) has successfully carried out the first tests of a new anti-aircraft missile, the FP-7.x. It is the core of a future air defense system with the symbolic name “Freya,” designed to intercept Russian ballistic missiles such as “Iskanders” and “Kinzhal” missiles, as well as swarms of drones. The key feature is the cost. The Ukrainian missile is expected to cost around $700,000, compared to nearly $4 million for the American Patriot interceptor — more than five times cheaper. If everything goes according to plan, Ukraine may reduce its reliance on scarce interceptor missiles supplied by the United States. However, experts note that the new system cannot fully replace Patriot systems for now — it would rather significantly strengthen Ukraine’s air defense capabilities.

NEXTA

225,798 views • 3 months ago

TRILLION-DOLLAR DEFENSE BUDGET, EMPTY MISSILE STOCKPILES. THE MILITARY‑INDUSTRIAL SCAM ON TAXPAYERS EXPOSED Russia hit Kyiv this week with at least two dozen Iskander‑M and S‑400 ballistic missiles, four hypersonic cruise missiles, and more than 100 drones. Warehouses, logistics hubs, industrial sites, and a major shopping center were struck. Ukraine did not intercept a single one of the 28 missiles, because officials say their last Patriot interceptors were fired days earlier. This comes as President Trump has denied Zelenskyy’s request for more Patriot missiles, saying U.S. stockpiles are needed in the Middle East. That leaves the U.S., NATO, and Ukraine in a strategic bind: two active wars, in Ukraine and the Middle East, both drawing from the same limited pool of missile interceptors. A single Patriot battery costs around $1.1 billion, and each PAC‑3 interceptor costs about $4 million and takes more than two years to produce. The U.S. currently turns out fewer than 1,000 Patriot interceptors a year. Even with planned factory expansions, output would still be under 3,000 annually. Levels that now look badly mismatched to real wartime demand. If the U.S. cannot produce air defense missiles faster than adversaries can force them to be used, the problem is no longer confined to Kyiv’s skies or the Middle East. It is a systemic American defense industrial problem. Ben Freeman joins me to break this down.

TRILLION-DOLLAR DEFENSE BUDGET, EMPTY MISSILE STOCKPILES. THE MILITARY‑INDUSTRIAL SCAM ON TAXPAYERS EXPOSED Russia hit Kyiv this week with at least two dozen Iskander‑M and S‑400 ballistic missiles, four hypersonic cruise missiles, and more than 100 drones. Warehouses, logistics hubs, industrial sites, and a major shopping center were struck. Ukraine did not intercept a single one of the 28 missiles, because officials say their last Patriot interceptors were fired days earlier. This comes as President Trump has denied Zelenskyy’s request for more Patriot missiles, saying U.S. stockpiles are needed in the Middle East. That leaves the U.S., NATO, and Ukraine in a strategic bind: two active wars, in Ukraine and the Middle East, both drawing from the same limited pool of missile interceptors. A single Patriot battery costs around $1.1 billion, and each PAC‑3 interceptor costs about $4 million and takes more than two years to produce. The U.S. currently turns out fewer than 1,000 Patriot interceptors a year. Even with planned factory expansions, output would still be under 3,000 annually. Levels that now look badly mismatched to real wartime demand. If the U.S. cannot produce air defense missiles faster than adversaries can force them to be used, the problem is no longer confined to Kyiv’s skies or the Middle East. It is a systemic American defense industrial problem. Ben Freeman joins me to break this down.

Ben Swann

23,722 views • 1 month ago