Why The Inventor Of The Predator Drone's Electric Aircraft Startup Is Stumbling

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56% : With progress on its first prototype moving slower than promised, the Irvine, Calif.-based company is running low on capital, according to two industry figures familiar with the situation and two recently departed employees, who spoke to Forbes anonymously citing non-disclosure agreements.
49% : The Department of Defense hasn't acquired any of the aircraft Karem has proposed based on the concept, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have potential, said Michael Hirschberg, a director at the nonprofit Vertical Flight Society who evaluated it when working at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

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