Forbes August 7, 2024
George Matus, founder and CEO of Teal Drones says the U.S. can transform its military capability by becoming a leader in affordable combat drones for a tiny fraction of the defence budget.
The U.S. currently has nothing resembling the tens of thousands of consumer drones which Ukraine use for reconnaissance and directing artillery fire, nor the fleets of home-built FPV kamikazes decimating Russian armor. The nearest U.S. equivalents are costly and only issued in small numbers. But Matus says that changing gear would require just a modest investment.
“The price of a single F-35 fighter could transform the entire drone industrial base, getting us to the volumes that provide critical mass and drive costs down with capability up,” says Matus.
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