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Bry: U.S. Army Quadcopter Requirements Originally Omitted Electronic Warfare Capability
“Had built the system largely informed by the US Army's requirements for what they thought was important for a quadcopter in this space. And electronic warfare was just nowhere on that list.”
Ulevitch: Chinese sanctions blocked drone maker Skydio from critical supply chain components
“We work with a company called Skydio, and they were sanctioned by China, and, ah, you know, we usually hear stories about how companies are, you know, sanctioned by the United States from doing business here, but it actually, if you're a company that's an impo…”
Horowitz: Las Vegas public safety drones respond within 90 seconds
“So we've deployed prepared nine one, flock safety, Skydio drones and so basically, so, so the way to think about it is, if a gunshot goes off, or if an emergency call comes in or if you kind of show up on a, ah, flag safety camera, you know, and you've kidnapp…”
Bry: Cheap Drones Can Destroy Multi-Million Dollar Military Hardware
“A system that costs a few thousand dollars can take out a system that costs a few million dollars.”
Horowitz: China sanctioned supply chain component delivery to US drone maker Skydio
“China just you know, put a sanction on getting kind of supplies to Skydio, which is the leading U.S. Drone company.”
Brie: Skydio path planning predicts movement four seconds into the future
“The path planning algorithm is actually predicting about four seconds into the future, so it's looking at what you're doing, it's looking at the environment around it. It's reasoning, and then it's using all of these sort of future possibilities to figure out …”