Franchise Freedom, which showed over this past weekend, builds on more than two decades of research into starling murmurations. Each drone responds to its neighbors through a shared set of behavioral rules, producing patterns that remain fluid yet legible.
"Technology is both the remedy and the poison," artist Cao Fei quotes Bernard Stiegler, emphasizing the complex relationship between technological advancements and their impact on human practices.
The economics are hard to ignore. Shooting down a drone with AeroVironment's LOCUST laser system costs less than $10, using just two to five seconds of laser energy. Compare that to the interceptor missiles currently used against Iranian drone swarms, which cost orders of magnitude more and are in short supply across allied arsenals.
Anduril has been 'for the most part, a defensive company in the Middle East' as the war rages into its fourth week, according to Matthew Steckman.
