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Re:US Army will buy enhanced variant of the Skydio X2 drone by overstay8930 on Sunday December 17, 2023 @07:58PM (#38678067)
That's a bargain for the military if true
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Re:US Army will buy enhanced variant of the Skydio X2 drone by CrzyLngPwd on Monday December 18, 2023 @09:49AM (#38683226)
Which means it will be 10x the price, because of all the ten percents for the big guys.
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Re:US Army will buy enhanced variant of the Skydio X2 drone by rasz on Monday December 18, 2023 @11:15AM (#38684477)
In peace time maybe. In practice on the front expensive industrial drones like DJI Mavic 3 Thermal/Matrice lasts around a week when operating by Arty units and ~one day in infantry according to russian sources from half a year ago.

Western militaries are still in the outdated mindset of treating drones as assets instead of consumables. Germany keeps sending >$xxxK observation platforms to Ukraine despite contacts communicating back survivability rates. That one fixed wing drone cost more than 20 Mavics or 50 domestic drones, and isnt better in any way.

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