The price is irrelevant because this is will be purchased with government dollars. This drone is not for you and me; it is intended to be used against you and me.
Just read the actual product page. They are targeting military, law enforcement, and surveillance applications. These guys have a heading on their product page titled “paramilitary,” for fuck’s sake.
These are more like https://half-life.fandom.com/wiki/City_Scanner
…For now.
Economies of scale is most definitely at play here as well.
TL;DR - They’re making a lot less of them (compared to DJI) so they have to charge more per unit.
That does NOT justify 6x more.
I’m pointing it out as a compounding factor to the post I replied to (a limited target market). Not as the sole reason.
Can’t hold back spending taxpayer money when shopping for tools to keep the taxpayer down. /s
They better be shielded really well against EMF.
They don’t have to be; they’re radio controlled. Figuring out what frequency they’re on and blasting it should be trivial, if necessary.
“A fine price to pay for freedom!”
~ people who don’t know what freedom is, probably
Does freedom take apple pay?
The U.S. version certainly does.
Nearly 5k!!!
Holy cow.
To be fair Dji makes drones for gov agencies etc as well like the Dji matrice 4t thermal, priced similar to this but yeah AI, thermal cameras, 3d mapping etc.
That’s the true cost of decades of protectionist demagoguery disguised as “national security”.
DJI gets designated as a threat to national security
You can bet on that.
And you cannot be sure whether it’s justified or not :)
Taking design cues from the flying dildo, I see.
This looks like a self inserting butt plug and I want one.
What a deal!
