If my friend can build $250k-$1m custom dune buggies from the ground up, someone should just buy him and his factory out in San Diego to build autonomous defense vehicle rolling chassis. He builds works of art, and it's all the same framework if you have the blueprint. He designs everything from the ground up. Makes rigs that race 100+ mph across the Baja1000. No one has brought Baja1000 vehicles into battle. If you have AI data and maps + topo fed into high-speed systems, you could likely have a faster response vehicle anywhere. issue is gas vs electric but you could figure that out based on the designs. These rigs are put through the absolute ringer of testing and racing. He could frame rolling rigs to be outfitted by whoever wants to finalize. Basically, use him as your US metalworks factory for rolling rigs. He's already building 4-10+ custom vehicles a year from frame to racing. Turning the shop into rolling frames would output way more chassis. From him: DM me if interested "The chassis and components we could build dozens but there’s a lot of fit and finish on our cars. 850-1,000 hours per car. Chassis and components can be built 2 per month, the goal with the larger building is to build more per year "