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The Army wants to use 3D-printed drones to spot threats soldiers can’t see
« on: May 05, 2025, 10:59:32 am »
The Army wants to use 3D-printed drones to spot threats soldiers can’t see
Soldiers in Germany will test whether 3D-printed small drones can scan the electromagnetic spectrum to find threats for soldiers.
Jeff Schogol

Published Apr 25, 2025 1:55 PM EDT
 
The Army plans to test 3D-printed drones next month during an exercise in Poland to see if the service can mass produce its own small unmanned aerial systems at a much lower cost than the defense industry, Army officials told Task & Purpose.

The 2nd Multi-Domain Effects Battalion based in Mainz-Kastel, Germany, has built about seven small drones, which have sensors to scan the electromagnetic spectrum to find targets, like “The Predator” from the movie franchise, the officials said on Friday.

The Task Force will send one or two of the 3D-printed drones to the exercise in Poland to test their ability to help soldiers identify simulated threats, said Lt. Col. Aaron Ritzema, commander of the battalion, which is tasked with conducting long-range reconnaissance missions in the European theater.

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-3d-printed-drones/
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Re: The Army wants to use 3D-printed drones to spot threats soldiers can’t see
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2025, 11:32:30 am »
If the costs are not high and the numbers produced are not low, it will be deemed a failure.
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Re: The Army wants to use 3D-printed drones to spot threats soldiers can’t see
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2025, 11:51:00 am »
What are the Ukrainians using?

Now that Ukraine has demonstrated effective deployment of drones during Putin's War, Big Defense wants in on this racket.

In the beginning, there would be a condept for unmanned drone ... by the end of the Pentagon procurement process ... it would be school bus ... an expensive school bus that was behind schedule ... and expensive to maintain because of the single-source procurement contract.
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Re: The Army wants to use 3D-printed drones to spot threats soldiers can’t see
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2025, 09:41:54 am »
Quote from: DefiantMassRINO on May 05, 2025, 11:51:00 am
What are the Ukrainians using?

Now that Ukraine has demonstrated effective deployment of drones during Putin's War, Big Defense wants in on this racket.

In the beginning, there would be a condept for unmanned drone ... by the end of the Pentagon procurement process ... it would be school bus ... an expensive school bus that was behind schedule ... and expensive to maintain because of the single-source procurement contract.

At the end of the process it would be cancelled because it does not work as advertised and is too expensive to field and maintain, unless the weapon in question costs north of $50 billion, then it would get the go ahead so the brass could claim they had the latest greatest weapon ever made - even though they only had one or two of them.
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Re: The Army wants to use 3D-printed drones to spot threats soldiers can’t see
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2025, 12:12:16 pm »
Meh. The zoomies will just retrofit the B2 fleet.
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