This proves that if you get away from the unions and bloated gold-plated contracts of the defense industry giants, small entrepreneurs can produce an equal or better product, on schedule and under budget.
You make a good point. But a word of caution: DARPA does innovative and cool very well. But I would wager that there’s a lot more engineering and testing to do before the vehicle is reliable, maintainable, suitable, and effective. JMHO, to be sure.