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Firestorm Studios brings you The Drone Wars Podcast, a show that explores all facets of autonomous systems - ground, air, and sea - and their transformative impact on various aspects of human life, from agriculture to warfare. We feature interviews with CEOs, founders, and C-suite executives from the world's leading autonomy and robotics companies.

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    • Taiwan’s Strategy and Scaling Tech for Modern Conflict: Ellen Chang Part II
      Jan 8 2026

      Ellen Chang is a deep-tech investor focused on the maritime and space domains.

      She is Managing Director at CapZone Impact Investments, and Co-Founder and Co-President of Wharton Aerospace.

      She served the U.S. Navy as an Intelligence Officer, later working on JP Morgan’s aerospace team and founding a B2B aviation parts sourcing startup.

      She spent 12 years at Northrop Grumman, holding leadership roles across systems engineering, program management, and advanced systems, with work spanning autonomous air and space platforms.

      This episode covers:
      - Deep tech investor insights.
      - Drone adoption and reducing cognitive load.
      - Why manufacturing scale, not just innovation, wins wars.

      00:00 - Intro
      01:07 - Taiwan’s defense strategy: Standing on their own vs. US support
      03:07 - Geopolitics and the "Chip Deal": China’s path to self-reliance
      04:42 - The ITAR debate: Should the US "drown the world" in American tech?
      05:23 - Why the US struggles with "trinkets," motors, and batteries
      06:39 - Economic Statecraft: Lessons from the Great Depression & WWII
      08:01 - Revitalizing the Maritime Sector: US vs. China’s $90B investment
      09:48 - Partnering with allies to accelerate manufacturing speed
      12:00 - Is American innovation too arrogant? Lessons from South Korea
      13:08 - The "Hard Tech" Founder Profile: MIT, Stanford, Palantir, and SpaceX
      14:59 - Ellen’s investment philosophy: De-risking the "Go-to-Market"
      16:23 - Advice for young people entering the "Defense Tech Rage"
      17:59 - The Wharton Effect: Why MBAs and Vets are moving into defense
      19:36 - Defense Tech as an emerging asset class
      21:01 - AI Infrastructure: Data center risks and 2-year backlogs
      23:11 - The Future of Autonomy: Adoption challenges in the "System of Systems"
      25:01 - Lowering the "Cognitive Load": Designing tech for the 18-year-old warfighter
      26:49 - Moving the Bureaucracy: Using safety arguments to improve UI/UX
      28:04 - Closing Remarks

      About Drone Wars

      Firestorm Studios brings you The Drone Wars Podcast, a show that explores all facets of autonomous systems - ground, air, and sea - and their transformative impact on various aspects of human life, from agriculture to warfare. We feature interviews with CEOs, founders, and C-suite executives from the world's leading autonomy and robotics companies.

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      28 min
    • Taiwan, China and the Future of Drone Wars: Ellen Chang Part I
      Jan 8 2026

      Ellen Chang is a deep-tech investor focused on the maritime and space domains.

      She is Managing Director at CapZone Impact Investments, and Co-Founder and Co-President of Wharton Aerospace.

      She served the U.S. Navy as an Intelligence Officer, later working on JP Morgan’s aerospace team and founding a B2B aviation parts sourcing startup.

      She spent 12 years at Northrop Grumman, holding leadership roles across systems engineering, program management, and advanced systems, with work spanning autonomous air and space platforms.

      This episode covers:
      - Taiwan and China geopolitics.
      - Ukraine War as a preview of future drone warfare.
      - Why Taiwan rapidly built a domestic drone industry.

      00:00 - Teaser
      01:05 - Introduction: Meet deep tech investor Ellen Chang
      01:42 - Ukraine as the "Spanish Civil War" precursor to WWII tech
      02:38 - Ukraine's decentralized "factory" model vs. US Bureaucracy
      04:04 - The Lobbying Game: Why startups need lobbyists early
      05:28 - Ellen’s Journey: Growing up in Taiwan in the 60s
      06:46 - Career Path: Navy Intelligence, Banking, and Northrop Grumman
      08:04 - Leaving the Primes: The early days of DJI and 3D Robotics
      09:36 - Re-industrializing America: Opportunity Zones and Shipyards
      10:24 - Taiwan’s economic rise and export-oriented history
      12:32 - Reshoring manufacturing: Decoupling from Shenzhen and Guangdong
      13:55 - The Generational Divide: Taiwanese Identity vs. Reunification
      15:50 - Galvanizing Identity: Lessons from the 2014 invasion of Ukraine
      17:02 - Successors of Industry: The US-educated "Second Generation"
      18:58 - Invasion Scenarios: The geography and defensibility of Taiwan
      20:56 - Building a native drone industry from scratch in two years
      23:08 - Legacy: Protecting democracy for the next generation

      About Drone Wars

      Firestorm Studios brings you The Drone Wars Podcast, a show that explores all facets of autonomous systems - ground, air, and sea - and their transformative impact on various aspects of human life, from agriculture to warfare. We feature interviews with CEOs, founders, and C-suite executives from the world's leading autonomy and robotics companies.

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      23 min
    • Winning the Pacific with xCell: Chad McCoy
      Dec 31 2025

      Chad McCoy is a Co-Founder and the Chief Growth Officer at Firestorm Labs. He’s a Special Operations Veteran and retired Chief Master Sergeant from the United States Air Force’s 24th Special Tactics Squadron.

      The convo covers:
      -Importance of a military background as a defense tech founder.
      -Speeding up DoD adoption.
      -Firestorm’s strategy.
      -Winning the Pacific.

      About Drone Wars

      Firestorm Studios brings you The Drone Wars Podcast, a show that explores all facets of autonomous systems - ground, air, and sea - and their transformative impact on various aspects of human life, from agriculture to warfare. We feature interviews with CEOs, founders, and C-suite executives from the world's leading autonomy and robotics companies.

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      30 min
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