23 points | by Teever a day ago ago
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Curious to know what competition Anduril had in this gov. bid
How does a submarine even all of them, stop a wave of cheapo drones ?
that's not the role of the submarine, other parts of the armed forces will be tasked with that
they could in theory also deploy cheap counter drone loitering munitions of the aquatic variety, sub-inception if you will
also, given it is Anduril, the subs may be the unmanned variety and much smaller
https://www.boeing.com/defense/autonomous-and-unmanned-syste...
Well, this is to build "components for the Virginia-class submarine", but Anduril does also build drone subs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Shark_(submarine)
Why spent tens of billions on underwater subs when you can accomplish the same or MORE with drones worth thousands of dollars ?
Indeed. The Ghost Shark articles says Australia is paying A$1.7 billion for 'dozens' of units, so tens of millions each. I bet they are a lot more capable than an aerial drone costing a few thousand. And much cheaper than a single crewed submarine.
Because Congress allocated this money for one but not the other.
drones don't carry missiles or nukes for second strike MAD
A nuclear submarine costs closer 5B so this isnt about MORE nuclear submarines.
Blatant corruption.
>Anduril lands $2.9 billion Navy submarine shipyard contract days after Founder joins Pentagon weapons group[1]
{1}https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/anduril-lands-2-9-bi...
Curious to know what competition Anduril had in this gov. bid
How does a submarine even all of them, stop a wave of cheapo drones ?
that's not the role of the submarine, other parts of the armed forces will be tasked with that
they could in theory also deploy cheap counter drone loitering munitions of the aquatic variety, sub-inception if you will
also, given it is Anduril, the subs may be the unmanned variety and much smaller
https://www.boeing.com/defense/autonomous-and-unmanned-syste...
Well, this is to build "components for the Virginia-class submarine", but Anduril does also build drone subs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Shark_(submarine)
Why spent tens of billions on underwater subs when you can accomplish the same or MORE with drones worth thousands of dollars ?
Indeed. The Ghost Shark articles says Australia is paying A$1.7 billion for 'dozens' of units, so tens of millions each. I bet they are a lot more capable than an aerial drone costing a few thousand. And much cheaper than a single crewed submarine.
Because Congress allocated this money for one but not the other.
drones don't carry missiles or nukes for second strike MAD
A nuclear submarine costs closer 5B so this isnt about MORE nuclear submarines.
Blatant corruption.
>Anduril lands $2.9 billion Navy submarine shipyard contract days after Founder joins Pentagon weapons group[1]
{1}https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/anduril-lands-2-9-bi...