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Recoverable Loitering Munitions Are More Cost- and Mission-Effective Than One-Way Attack Drones, Says New Teledyne FLIR Defense Whitepaper
WASHINGTON, April 28, 2025--In a new whitepaper, Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), says that emerging cost-effective precision strike solutions that can be safely recovered and reused offer a strong alternative to more commonly deployed ‘One-Way Attack’ or First Person View (FPV) drones.
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