EP 115 — WAR Inc's Jon Williams On Building a Defense Company Backwards, From IP to Factory

Jon Williams took ownership of technical data packs for munitions from 40 millimeter to 1,000 pound bombs. WAR Inc. is building a single facility where raw materials go in one end and a complete round comes out the other.A combat Marine who served in Fallujah and Sangin before stints at Microsoft and a professional race team, Jon breaks down how frontline feedback from Ukraine drives new munitions development and why American-owned manufacturing is non-negotiable for the DIB.Topics discussed:- Owning technical data packs for munitions from 40mm to 1,000 lb bombs- Building vertically integrated manufacturing for complete rounds- Using frontline feedback from Ukraine to develop new TDPs- Project ONI consortium for full system-of-systems delivery- Why deployable manufacturing may not pencil for real operations- Pushing past 80-year-old munition designs with new technology- Keeping defense manufacturing American-owned and American-built- Raising capital as a lean veteran-owned defense companyListen to more episodes: Apple Spotify YouTubeWebsite