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Re:U.S. Navy to use Xbox 360 controllers to operate periscop... by pmuk on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @02:16AM (#15282198)
THe UK military has also been flying drones for about 10 years with Xbox controllers...

https://www.pyrosoft.co.uk/blog/2007/11/04/army-fly-uav-spy-...

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Re:U.S. Navy to use Xbox 360 controllers to operate periscop... by unit91 on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @09:29AM (#15284381)
US too, though not the expensive, well-known ones. I flew an experimental drone for the USAF a few years back and we used PS3 controllers.
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