The uncrewed vessel - which looks similar to a speedboat - rescued the two soldiers from an Apache helicopter that went down on Monday.
  • limer@lemmy.ml
    7·
    22 days ago

    The drone took a third of a billion dollars to make?

    That’s even more amazing than the rescue, which I have yet to see proof of

    • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
      5·
      22 days ago

      The drone costs 1 million dollars per unit. The 400 million dollar figure is a production contract for the next eight years.

        • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
          2·
          22 days ago

          That isn’t publicly available, but only 15 million of the 400 was compensation for R&D, so a few hundred at least. Maybe more once the production lines get going and the company streamlines and standardizes production.