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How Packet Digital Is Scaling Domestic Drone Battery Manufacturing

How Packet Digital Is Scaling Domestic Drone Battery Manufacturing

Update: 2025-12-05
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In this episode, Packet Digital CEO Terri Zimmerman breaks down the company’s push to expand U.S.-based production of advanced lithium-ion batteries for military unmanned aircraft systems.

She discusses new investments, manufacturing plans at the Badland Batteries facility in North Dakota, and why domestic energy-storage capability is becoming a mission-critical requirement for future UAS operations.

Zimmerman also offers insight into engineering challenges, supply-chain constraints, and the performance demands shaping the next generation of drone power systems.


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How Packet Digital Is Scaling Domestic Drone Battery Manufacturing

How Packet Digital Is Scaling Domestic Drone Battery Manufacturing

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