Trent Clawson is the Founder &amp; CEO of Titan Batteries, a U.S.-based custom battery pack manufacturer headquartered in Pocatello, Idaho. Titan has grown into a leading source of NDAA-compliant power solutions for defense and unmanned systems, with over 1,000 custom pack designs spanning multiple chemistries and applications. Trent&#x27;s a vocal advocate for battery standardization in the defense drone industry and for rebuilding advanced manufacturing capability here in America. Titan now operates facilities in Idaho, Utah, and the Netherlands, serving defense, aerospace, and industrial customers worldwide. About Drone Wars The Drone Wars Podcast serves the warfighters, builders and innovators who all share a common goal: get the best tech into the hands of those on the frontlines. Dan Magy, Co-Founder and CEO of Firestorm Labs, explores all things defense and geopolitics with experts in the industry.

Why America Can't Build Drone Batteries Without China...Yet: Trent Clawson

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Whether you loved or hated that tariff between China and the United States that Trump had in 2019, that's what made Titan exist. I mean, if we'd been made in China at that time, it would have been over. There's no way we would have survived. Dangerous goods. If we mess something up, it's gonna get bad somewhere else. If we shipped one battery to your team, just one out of a thousand, like, lit on fire and burnt half your building down.

I don't think you'd be, oh, it's only one out of a thousand, it's not that bad. He is a vocal advocate for battery standardization in the defense industry and for rebuilding advanced manufacturing capability here in America. China's really good at what they do. We are gonna have to meet that and eventually exceed that. I know it's very cliche and American flag waving and eagle screaming to say this, but America's freaking awesome. We can do this.

Over the last decade, Titan has grown into a leading source of NDAA-compliant power solutions for defense and unmanned systems with over a thousand custom-packed designs spanning multiple chemistries and applications. We actually loved COVID. Because COVID was like all of our competition, all these Chinese companies, they were out. Everybody, please welcome Trent Clausen.

Trent, thanks for joining us today. Good to be here. Yeah, yeah. He's in the worldwide HQ here at Firestorm for our conversation. Trent, tell everyone a little bit about yourself. Yeah, Trent Clausen. I was born and raised in Alaska. I'm far from home, but I went to school in Rexburg, Idaho, of all places. After that, I got a job at Walmart in 2008 when times are crazy. But during that time, I was really passionate.

Why America Can't Build Drone Batteries Without China...Yet: Trent Clawson

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Why America Can't Build Drone Batteries Without China...Yet: Trent Clawson

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The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.