Air

DIU launches a $100 million challenge for low-cost ISR drones

The Low Cost ISR Challenge seeks mass-producible surveillance aircraft with roughly 3-to-12-hour and 12-plus-hour endurance that can operate without established airfields. Two fly-offs are planned, and up to $250 million more is budgeted for follow-on development and production, though that money is not guaranteed.

black drone on air over cloudy sky at daytime

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