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Anduril Fury: Automomous Stealth Drone
- Aperocky 3y agoIt's amazing/amusing that these presumably multimillion dollar weapon systems have a product page that looks like Apples.
- krasin 3y agoAnduril is a company founded by Palmer Luckey, also known for making Oculus VR. So, it's not that surprising that the same marketing style transitioned to the new place.
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- Humboldtsnee 3y agoOh hey, low carbon emissions! I genuinely cannot believe they tout that in their marketing. This is a machine to kill people, is anyone worried about its carbon footprint. (Is this page satire I fell for?)
- forgetfreeman 3y agoKilling people is an excellent way to reduce global carbon emissions.
- chargingmarmot 3y agoI was going to say, "hey, maybe nuclear winter can help too!" but it sounds like maybe that whole thing was overstated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_winter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_winter
- red-iron-pine 3y agoYeah the model they based it on had a lot of flaws, a lot of which got called into question after Gulf War 1 fires in Kuwait. Not a ton of research since then, either.
- drunkenmagician 3y agoI think you meant 'efficient' instead of 'excellent'? ;)
- forgetfreeman 3y agoYour point is well made but I stand by my rampant misanthropy.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> This is a machine to kill people, is anyone worried about its carbon footprint. Well, yeah, the people buying “machines to kill people” seem to see that as a concern: https://www.defense.gov/spotlights/tackling-the-climate-crisis/ https://www.defense.gov/spotlights/tackling-the-climate-cris...
- novok 3y agoKilling the right people, efficiently at the lowest cost :p
- forgetfreeman 3y agoSee? Someone else gets it.
- thunderbird120 3y agoMay have some trouble killing people with an aircraft which doesn't carry any weapons. This is a reconnaissance drone.
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- baron816 3y agoIf you’re trying to sell to other NATO countries, like Canada, Denmark, the UK, Germany, who are actively trying to reduce their emissions, yeah it might matter. A plane with lower emissions is just going to be more competitive. Everyone who buys this or any other fighter jet is really hoping they don’t have to use it to kill anyone. The primary use case is as deterrence. These things will spend a lot of time just patrolling—and that uses a lot of fuel and emits a lot of carbon.
- orbital-decay 3y agoThis isn't satire. Environmental footprint of the military is one of the primary concerns in the time of peace, which is most of the time. Depleted uranium ammo, toxic fuel leaks etc.
- aphroz 3y agoAmazing technology to sustain such primitive ideology
- colordrops 3y agoMakes me sad. I love everything about the company other than the use case of their products. steep innovation, hardware, robotics, NixOS, design sensibility, supposedly good comp.
- TiredOfLife 3y agoCurrent use case includes defending Ukraine from genocidal invasion.
- meatjuice 3y agoChina with the same weapon can invade us next
- boffinAudio 3y ago.. while also ensuring KSA's genocide of Yemen proceeds unhindered.
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- dang 3y agoPlease don't post like this to HN. We're trying for something else here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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- oldgregg 3y agohow much?
- rbanffy 3y agoIndeed. Make a civilian version with a canopy and I’d be happy to play with it.
- Torkel 3y agoWhat is the big vision at Anduril? SpaceX has the goal to make life multiplanetary, which sets them apart from the old crop of rocket companies. This drone looks no different than what comes out of Lockheed?
- aaronbrethorst 3y agoThe founder spent a ton of cash on “shitposters” supporting Donald Trump in 2016[1], his sister is married to an infamous Congressman, and the name of the company is cribbed from Tolkien. What more do you need? [1] https://www.theverge.com/2016/9/23/13025422/palmer-luckey-oculus-founder-funding-donald-trump-trolls https://www.theverge.com/2016/9/23/13025422/palmer-luckey-oc...
- killjoywashere 3y agoRead Christian Brose's Kill Chain: https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Chain-Defending-America-High-Tech/dp/031653353X https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Chain-Defending-America-High-Tec...
- MilStdJunkie 3y agoLike Aaron said, also, from what I've seen firsthand, they've been poaching LockBoNorthRay like mad the last five years or so. I mean, it's not that hard; odds are the pay bump was measurable and you were sharing an asbestos cubicle with a toxic growth of fiftysomething chairwarmers who don't know what the wheel on a mouse does. Word is Anduril's trying to do the SpaceX thing to defense. Personal ideology aside, more power to 'em; DoD procurement is a lightless nightmare realm from which nothing good can emerge.
- yinser 3y agoI love the dilemma faced by a large block of U.S. citizens: if you support the Ukrainian cause and U.S. military aid to Ukraine do you then support Anduril, a leading drone innovator during the largest drone war ever seen? Judging by the other comments posted here it appears difficult to let Palmer off the hook for his political donations to The Wrong Party which got him fired from Meta. Which Way, Western Man?
- threeseed 3y agoI think most people care about Ukraine defending itself against Russia aggression. Whatever is needed to support that is a secondary consideration. Also it is illegal to be fired for your political views. In the case of Palmer it was more likely because of his incompetence over the Zenimax situation: https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-real-reason-palmer-luckey-was-fired-from-facebook/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-real-reason-palmer-luckey-...
- meheleventyone 3y agoAren’t you inventing this schadenfreude? The innovation in Ukraine seems more local and low-cost based on commercial tech as well as providing modern cruise missiles. Right now Anduril aren’t having any impact on that conflict?
- MikusR 3y agoAnduril drones were in one of aid packages
- meheleventyone 3y agoIt would have been helpful to include a link so here you go: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/cutting-edge-drones-headed-to-ukraine-in-latest-us-aid/ https://www.airandspaceforces.com/cutting-edge-drones-headed... Also details some of the other drones promised in the same aid package and that Ukraine would like the battle proven, more capable larger drones.
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- knifie_spoonie 3y agoIs this its final form? The rudder and horizontal stabilisers seem to form a right angle. I thought that was a big no-no in stealth.
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- rbanffy 3y agoWhat really gets me in relation to Ukraine and Russia is that it could all have been resolved by ensuring long term access to Sevastopol and, maybe, a commitment not to join NATO. You don’t poke a bear with a toothpick and then call it unfair when they tear your limbs off.
- SargeDebian 3y agoThe side view reminds me of Thurderbird 2. https://media.sketchfab.com/models/c550510b39a948dfa6adfd571500f07c/thumbnails/c42bf6d6c56e410aab9af48eda114e56/bfd7bfe9ed4e4a979006d2406a4ea7e9.jpeg https://media.sketchfab.com/models/c550510b39a948dfa6adfd571...