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Re:Air Force picks Anduril, General Atomics to develop unman... by modeless on Thursday April 25, 2024 @12:08AM (#40153323)
Probably because it's way better to make swarms of dirt cheap drones
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Re:Air Force picks Anduril, General Atomics to develop unman... by throwup238 on Thursday April 25, 2024 @12:20AM (#40153381)
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.

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Re:Air Force picks Anduril, General Atomics to develop unman... by inemesitaffia on Thursday April 25, 2024 @01:25AM (#40153754)
Look up Rogozins comments about how Ukrainians operate drones for a Russian loyalist perspective
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Re:Air Force picks Anduril, General Atomics to develop unman... by throwup238 on Thursday April 25, 2024 @05:20AM (#40155237)
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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