The drone war will be won on the factory floor, not just the front line
From FPV drones to autonomous rotorcraft, scale and repeatability are becoming as important as innovation.
“It's not about the cost per round. It's about achieving operational success,” says Tom Karako from CSIS.
The Army is looking for interceptor component parts with the “primary objective” of providing a database that may be "leveraged in support of a future C-sUAS Interceptor program," a recent RFI states.
A spate of Russian drone incursions across Europe along with other uncrewed aerial system sightings disrupting critical infrastructure, including several airports, has led to NATO bolstering its presence on the Eastern Flank.
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