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In this episode, Mike sits down with Sheila Cummings,founder, president, and CEO of Cummings Aerospace.
Cummings Aero started in 2009 supporting the Huntsville,Alabama missile market, but recently decided to launch their own product—the Hellhound.
The Hellhound S3 is a man-portable, 3D-printe,d jet-powered kamikaze drone...and we have the FIRST-PUBLIC views of the actual drone—audio and video!
BREAKING NEWS: Sheila also announced a new variant—theHellhound S4. It’s tube-launched, bigger, better, and even faster than the S3!
If you're into military drones, cutting-edge tech, and thestart-up culture of finding ways to help the warfighter—this episode is for you.
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• Sheila’s op-ed (breakingdefense.com/2025/04/americas-arsenal-i…)
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start
intro
origin story
high speed background
Hellhound origin story
introducing the Hellhound
3D-printed
finding an engine
See the Hellhound
naming the Hellhound
family of drones
supersonic variant
China & Industrialization
Industrial Mobilization Board
outro
