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> if you support the Ukrainian cause and U.S. military aid to Ukraine do you then support Anduril, a leading drone innovator during the largest drone war ever s
by baybal2 3y ago
> if you support the Ukrainian cause and U.S. military aid to Ukraine do you then support Anduril, a leading drone innovator during the largest drone war ever seen?
You should support the cause, but to begin with you should know if they are real. So far, for the amount of PR we see, it's a company without a single widget sold, but megatons of very photoshopy looking photos, and 3D animations. And Palmer Luckey, you know his reputation.
Anduril was previously caught passing off a Chinese toy helicopter as his own invention https://ibb.co/8DT5JMc https://ibb.co/8DT5JMc . What it seems they did was to wrap a Chinese toy into a "military looking" sheet metal, with anodized trinkets glued on. I see the same parts in RC toy stores all the time.
The largest manufacturers of drones for Ukraine are Polish, and Ukrainians themselves. They are already reaching into tens of thousands. For recon, DJI are still the best due to excellent Sony cameras they have.
US can directly fund Ukrainian drone makers and have far bigger effect immediately, but better focus on what others can't: very large drones like Global Hawks, Reapers, and fighter jets.
And ammo issue, USA is not making even 1% of what it can. Even bombed out Ukraine now manufactures more ammo for itself than USA makes after billions sank into paperwork needed to expand the production, but only tiny actual investment into factories expansion.
- boeingUH60 3y ago> So far, for the amount of PR we see, it's a company without a single widget sold, but megatons of very photoshopy looking photos, and 3D animations. Anduril Industries won a nearly $1 billion contract to do counter-unmanned systems work for Special Operations Command, the Department of Defense announced Thursday - https://fedscoop.com/anduril-nabs-1b-contract-for-anti-drone-work-with-socom/ https://fedscoop.com/anduril-nabs-1b-contract-for-anti-drone.... Except you know something we don't know, in which case you can report to the US military and claim a big whistleblower award..