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0 pointsthrowup2382y ago0 comments

> Other countries make these things much more efficiently because they don’t have regulatory capture by old companies.

This contract is for cutting edge unmanned fighter jets. Other countries don't make them at all!

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blackeyeblitzar2y ago

I meant other countries make the plane portion (not Anduril’s unmanned controls) that General Atomics is responsible for. Predators and Reapers are very expensive.

modeless2y ago

Probably because it's way better to make swarms of dirt cheap drones

throwup238OP2y ago

No one makes swarms in any real sense of the word, either.

These unmanned Wingman jets will be the first in the world to do that too.

inemesitaffia2y ago

Look up Rogozins comments about how Ukrainians operate drones for a Russian loyalist perspective

throwup238OP2y ago

Those are cheap consumer drones not “swarms”, cheap airplanes, and drones from other countries.

If they could make an F16 equivalent combat drone, they’d jump at the chance.

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blackeyeblitzar2y ago

I meant other countries make the plane portion (not Anduril’s unmanned controls) that General Atomics is responsible for. Predators and Reapers are very expensive.

modeless2y ago

Probably because it's way better to make swarms of dirt cheap drones

throwup238OP2y ago

No one makes swarms in any real sense of the word, either.

These unmanned Wingman jets will be the first in the world to do that too.

inemesitaffia2y ago

Look up Rogozins comments about how Ukrainians operate drones for a Russian loyalist perspective

throwup238OP2y ago

Those are cheap consumer drones not “swarms”, cheap airplanes, and drones from other countries.

If they could make an F16 equivalent combat drone, they’d jump at the chance.

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