EP 86 — Firehawk's Will Edwards on Cutting Propellant Production from 60 Days to 6 Hours, No $1B Facility
Will Edwards, CEO & Co-founder of Firehawk walked around defense conferences with what was essentially Lego plastic demonstrating it could become rocket fuel. Everyone laughed until Firehawk proved thermoplastic works as a binder for 3D-printable solid propellant, cutting production from 60 days to 6 hours. The breakthrough came from a failed pivot: they tried selling hybrid rocket engines to disrupt the supply chain, but learned the military won't swap proven systems for new architectures. Success required replicating solid motors exactly, just manufactured differently.
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