Furientis builds low cost interceptor missiles designed around production rate rather than peak performance. The company enforces two foundational  engineering rules across every part and subsystem: every component must support a production cadence of 1,000 interceptors per factory per year, and the complete all-up round (AUR) must achieve a final assembly time of under 30 minutes at a target unit price below $250,000.

Earlier this month, the 17-month-old Los Angeles startup closed a $25 million seed led by Benchmark, the firm’s first pure defense investment. It also announced its first funded government contract and landed in two separate Army low-cost interceptor competitions.

The company is betting the interceptor shortage is a factory problem. Production is a constraint but so is the seeker. What can a $250,000 round actually see and hit, in what weather, and can it do this with COTS electronics?

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