Skydio CEO Adam Bry added that while “civilian drone technology has raced ahead of traditional defense systems,” the contract with the Army will ensure that “our Soldiers will now have access to the most advanced capabilities in the world in this class.” 

According to the Army’s Program Executive Office (PEO) for Aviation, the Short Range Reconnaissance program is aimed at delivering “an inexpensive, rucksack portable, vertical take-off and landing drone that provides the Soldier on the ground with a rapidly deployable scouting capability to gain situational awareness beyond the next terrain feature.” In an Army release from 2019, PEO Aviation seemed to suggest that commercial drone technologies had outpaced military capabilities, compelling the Army to turn to private industry for its SRR program:

Soldiers on today’s battlefield face an enemy that is able to purchase low-cost consumer drones, which provide capabilities previously limited to more…

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Source: www.thedrive.com