“So what am I missing. “
A paycheck from Lockheed?
I have some friends, that lives in Maryland, that combined remote control helicopters with cameras from broken camcorders and TV rabbit transmitters over 20 years ago. They learned to fly them quiet well from their TV receivers. It was a hobby.
This project is a fine example of why our Country is so deep in debt.
I have no problem with financing military hardware development but too many of these projects are just stupid excuses to spend Government money.