Considering the PDR, why would they go thru the cash hiring 32 people to complete that task? There's no questions that need to be answered about the legitimacy of XTI. DUFFY owes us a progress report in regards to it's current status.
Duffy needed a new flying machine after losing HALO. He 'went shopping', found XTI Aircraft that was already attempting to raise money, so Desperate Duffy went to a loan shark to borrow $6M. Auctus wouldn't give him $10M.