{"id":129785,"date":"2025-08-06T17:42:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T01:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/06\/drone-maker-for-dod-alleges-former-exec-stole-trade-secrets-to-launch-rival-company\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T17:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T01:42:14","slug":"drone-maker-for-dod-alleges-former-exec-stole-trade-secrets-to-launch-rival-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/06\/drone-maker-for-dod-alleges-former-exec-stole-trade-secrets-to-launch-rival-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone Maker for DoD Alleges Former Exec Stole Trade Secrets to Launch Rival Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Red Cat CTO George Matus, who founded Teal Drones while still in high school, is alleged to have misled company leaders about his move to Vector Defense, taking with him trade secrets and luring away key engineers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" 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