View Full Version : Sea drone warfare has arrived. The U.S. is floundering.
BlankBox
6th May 2024, 16:04
May 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy's efforts to build a fleet of unmanned vessels are faltering because the Pentagon remains wedded to big shipbuilding projects, according to some officials and company executives, exposing a weakness as sea drones reshape naval warfare.
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/sea-drone-warfare-has-arrived-us-is-floundering-2024-05-06/
Ninthace
6th May 2024, 17:03
Perhaps they should outsource to Ukraine, they have the expertise and need the cash.
Asturias56
7th May 2024, 06:56
But then which US company will make any money? producing drones Ukrainian style will only bring in cents not zillions of $$$$
Biggus
7th May 2024, 07:21
It depends on how many you make/export.
Didn't Mr Ford start out trying to make his product as cheaply as possible (and in only one colour?), and his company did alright for some time.
magyar_flyer
7th May 2024, 07:26
The military aviation angle being ?
MFC_Fly
7th May 2024, 07:30
The military aviation angle being ?
You have obviously no experience in military maritime aviation 🙄
magyar_flyer
7th May 2024, 07:34
Guilty as charged.
Would you mind enlightening the plebe ?
MFC_Fly
7th May 2024, 07:41
Guilty as charged.
Would you mind enlightening the plebe ?
Because anything maritime related, where you may be a target of it, it may be a target for you, or you may be on ops to support it, is of interest.
Asturias56
7th May 2024, 12:06
It depends on how many you make/export.
Didn't Mr Ford start out trying to make his product as cheaply as possible (and in only one colour?), and his company did alright for some time.
true - but he wasn't in the aviation business with those products - the whole aerospace model is based around extremely long and expensive development and production contracts - cheap as chips does nothing for BAe, Boeing, Dassault etc
rugmuncher
7th May 2024, 12:23
Guilty as charged.
Would you mind enlightening the plebe ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Taranto
Might be a long time ago, but still very relevant in these times.
Dear magyar_flyer
aviation angle
Take a look at this article - latest UKR sea drone fitted with a R-73 missile to engage RU helicopters...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/05/06/russian-helicopters-were-shooting-up-ukraines-drone-boats-so-the-ukrainians-added-heatseeking-missiles/?sh=1029fd7e3578