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So wait... is the defense industry involved in the Aquila project somehow? The applications to defense/surveillance are obvious, and the aerospace technology (
by danblick 10y ago
So wait... is the defense industry involved in the Aquila project somehow? The applications to defense/surveillance are obvious, and the aerospace technology (if not the electronics) has been developed for the military/CIA/whatever.
Is Facebook getting government money to develop this? Or hoping for that as a market? (Or is it, "We've already got one"?)
- londons_explore 10y agoBy accepting military money, you usually have to sign off that you won't use or sell the tech outside the USA. It usually comes under ITAR regulations too. When you're Facebook, and your main target market for new connectivity technology is Brazil, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, etc, that tends to be problematic.