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Drone Dominance Gauntlet 2 deets -some BIG changes. I was going to schedule this tomorrow when people will actually read it but since @x chews up many scheduled posts, don't want to risk it. $RCAT $ONDS $AVAV $KTOS $DRPO
🔼Massive uptick in # of entrants
2⃣2 competitions - long range (12+ miles) and short range/urban
❓Only 8 winners? (we will see)
Must provide 120 of your drones and 8 sets of your components! (which will eventually be $UMAC to provide or competitor)
⚠️China components restricted vs free for all in Gauntlet 1!
📴 Constant CUAS jamming!
⌛️Operators won't be handed the damn drone and told to understand it in 2 hours, but get 4 days
🌃 Day/night missions
🤖Autonomy
👉For Gauntlet 2, however, the DDP is competing long-range (12+ miles) strike drones separately from short-range ‘Close Quarters’ drones for urban, interior and subterranean environments. Ultimately, DDP plans to award contracts for 5 long-range and three close-quarters drones for Gauntlet 2.
👉 Participating companies must supply 120 of their submitted UAVs and eight sets of durable components (control systems, additional comms etc.) for trials conducted by military personnel.
👉Companies are held to a per-UAV price ceiling of $5,500 or $4,500 for long- and short-range drones respectively, and even stricter restrictions on incorporating Chinese components than in Gauntlet 1.
👉Unlike Gauntlet 1, Gauntlet 2 trials will take place under continuous C-UAS jamming, and military operators will receive four days of familiarization rather than just two hours.
👉Gauntlet 2 will also feature more dynamic day/night missions, including against moving targets, and will more heavily reward autonomy features like Automatic Target Recognition, terminal guidance and ‘cognitive de-loading’ for operators generally.
insideunmannedsystems.com/drone-dominanc…
