Sputnik: The Expendables: US Military Test One-Use Delivery Drones (VIDEO)
An innovation company based in California has announced it successfully concluded a series of flight tests for delivery drone with the US Marine Corps.
The unmanned aircraft were tried by the US military to see if they can transport heavy supplies over long distances, and to be thrown away after each use.
Logistic Gliders Inc. (LGI) tested two of their gliders, made of cheap plywood, the LG-1K model (can carry about 300kg) and the LG-2K model (700kg)
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WNU Editor: At a cost of a few hundred dollars each, I can see these drones being widely used.
Yeah the price is OK
ReplyDeleteBut ffs DARPA gotta get its sh$t together. These videos and tests are embarassing to watch. A couple decades back, DARPA was the sh4t. Now it's like stuff a highschool grad can do in his hobby room. Not impressed.
Also, this "glider" thing would have been impressive maybe 15 years ago. Not in 2019. Chinese must be looking at this and go hahaahaha ffs look at them
ReplyDeleteI am really embarrassed by this and hope DARPA will get its act together. Where is the vision? 2019 and you don't even have a production ready version of something everyone knew was needed? ffs.