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Lancaster Aerospace is a manufacturing robotics company
We design and build the machines, tooling, and processes that produce critical drone components at scale. Our focus is on owning the full production chain for parts that currently have no domestic UK source. FLOCK is the first product of this capability.
We build the machines that build the product
Lancaster Aerospace doesn't just design drone components. We design and build the production systems that manufacture them. Every element of FLOCK is engineered around automated, repeatable processes that can scale.
What manufacturing robotics makes possible
When you own the machines, the tooling, and the material supply, unit cost is a function of volume. Our target architecture is designed so that at production scale, the injection-moulded airframe, ferrite motor, and minimal electronics combine to a bill of materials that is a fraction of conventional drone hardware.
This is not a projection based on hypothetical future technology. It is a consequence of design choices made from the outset: single motor instead of four, ferrite instead of neodymium, ground-based intelligence instead of expensive onboard electronics, and production processes we build and control ourselves.
