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Cardboard Drones – Ukraine’s Efficient Battlefield Fleet
Australian based SYPAQ, a technology company that specializes in autonomous flight systems, is supplying cardboard drones to the Ukrainian military. Called Corvo "PPDS" (Precision Payload Delivery Systems) drones, they are relatively low cost aircraft—a few thousand dollars per drone—for the capability delivered. The drones are made of waxed cardboard, can be assembled in less than an hour, and are launched with a lightweight catapult. A flat-pack design makes it easy to ship the drones, with...
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