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| We believe we are well positioned with the first drones designed for nighttime operations, a drone that meets the Army's requirements, a drone system that meets the Army's cost requirements, a drone that is open source |
| We have mentioned -- we believe that we are in a great position to supply drones to the United States military, and we are proud and honored to have them as a customer |
| We are thrilled to report record revenues again for the third quarter of fiscal 2024, totaling $5.8 million |
| And basically, sometimes we get sent back to us, and we find out that it was actually a pilot and operator error, not our issue, but we still support the warranty as we're building market share, and it's worked very well |
| And then we -- the next thing is we start selling software on top of everything, and that can also increase the margins dramatically |
| This has allowed us to capitalize on software partnerships that will significantly increase our gross margins |
| So, the way I believe that we're well positioned is we have swarm capabilities |
| This guidance is also very impressive considering we must switch production to the Army prototypes in April to satisfy the SRR final prototype delivery in May |
| We anticipate gross margin will steadily improve over time despite fluctuations from quarter-to-quarter |
| Once again, we have guided to continued growth in our fourth fiscal quarter and remain confident in our long-term revenue outlook |
| However, if you might complete an offering of over $5 million and the note becomes payable in full, which would be just another good opportunity for funding for us |
| So, as I mentioned in the call, I do expect margins to improve over the next 12 months |
| We're also working on improving our yields, which would improve margins because of the related labor costs |
| And as we grow revenues, production volumes naturally increased, which would improve margins as well due to the overhead allocation |
| Our business development team has done a great job |
| Plus, we believe that we'll receive better pricing on materials as we're able to increase our order volumes with increased production volumes |
| This represents growth of more than 250% year-over-year and 49% on a sequential basis and exceeded our guidance by approximately 16%, as Jeff mentioned |
| We are pleased to have find the latest amendment to our Army contract, securing the funding required to complete engineering and deliver prototypes despite funding delays within the DoD as one of only two finalists in the Army short-range reconnaissance Tranche 2 program, we believe we are well positioned to receive an award later this calendar year |
| The Teal 2 is doing fantastic |
| I am pleased to report that our third quarter results were exceptional, and we once again exceeded our guidance by 16%, achieving our best quarter ever and look forward to finishing the year with another record quarter of organic revenue growth |
| We believe customers who purchase this software feature on our drones, will increase our gross margins by approximately 25% |
| Revenues continue to grow as we expand our customer base domestically as well as internationally |
| But there are a handful of early manufacturing aspects that we're working on, we expect to improve margins |
| This feature will also increase margins by approximately 20% |
| We've had some onetime scrap items, and we're working towards a 1% scrap rate, which would improve margins |
| So, we're pretty excited about that |
| Overall, we remain optimistic about the future of the Company |
| I want to congratulate our business development and manufacturing teams as we've reached a $20 million annualized run rate this quarter, which is a significant accomplishment |
| Because of this emphasis on customer service, we are able to leverage feedback from real life product applications in order to iterate and ultimately provide the best possible product |
| So, as you can see with the revenue ramp, and we've started to proven that we beat guidance three times in a row now, with our revenue ramp and our costs continuing to come down, we believe that we're not going back to the market at all |
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| Traditional feet on the street organic revenue is the most difficult to execute |
| During the third quarter, operating loss totaled $4.4 million and cash used in operations totaled $4.1 million, both of which represent a decrease for the third consecutive quarter |
| So, I mean, supply chain is something that I'm always concerned about, but it's not on my daily thought sheet anymore |
| And I think your second question was Replicator? So yes, so Replicator, that is -- the problem with Replicator is that no one's going to be making announcements |
| So, it's probably going to frustrate the Street not only for Red Cat but other companies that are supplying drones |
| We expect that the warranty generosity is what I'll say, will continue to go down with all the other items that Leah mentioned and we're -- we've also been pretty aggressive with nonrecurring engineering for the SRR program, which some of that does seep into GAAP margin |
| On a percentage basis, this represents a year-over-year increase of more than 24% and a sequential decrease of 12% |
| But any other remaining shares that we keep, we would never sell and hurt UMAC stock |
| Second, since we have prioritized building quality customer relationships, we've been generous with our warranties, which can cause variations in gross margin as well |
| So, we're going to hold tight for a little bit |
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