A Midwest-based automotive manufacturing company is partnering with a Silicon Valley-based drone aircraft company to mass-produce the latter’s unmanned aircraft to meet future military needs.

Headquartered in Wisconsin, the Oshkosh Corporation has made specialty trucks, military vehicles, and more for over a hundred years. The company announced on Monday its new partnership with Grid Aero to mass-produce their Lifter drone, marking the first time the company will expand into aircraft.

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