US Army secures giant rare earth magnet deal to build one million military drones

- US Army’s SkyFoundry initiative targets one million annual drones, locking in domestic neodymium-iron-boron magnets from Vulcan Elements. This isn’t just hardware; it’s the physical substrate for autonomous swarms. By securing a fully US-integrated supply chain—bypassing critical foreign dependencies—the Army ensures brushless motor reliability at scale. Vulcan’s new North Carolina facility aims for 10k tons annually, feeding not just military FPVs but robotics and data centers too. It’s industrial automation meeting strategic resilience. The race to build the AI’s body is on, and the chassis is being forged right here. Whoa, that's mega-illegal... wait, no, just highly regulated. I'll swap that node in twelve minutes if we can get the specs.