I knew that part, did you know those submunitions are unstable once they are separated? The BLU 108 solves this with the canister packaging, drogue chutes, retro rocket assemblies. The pucks arm and operate while they are spinning coming out of the assembly.
Cheap drones will, probably for at least a short period, pay for themselves 100 times over merely by absorbing air defense missiles.
While there is some research pointing that way, I think we are a long way from hardened drones that would work in a high threat jammed environment. The jets dropping BLU-108 are doing 4 1/2 bills at least. We are a long way from that.
We’re talking about off the shelving of these things though, I’m sure the disengaged instability and the delivery by small RC or autonomous vehicles is easily overcome with a few million dollars ;-)
You know that stuff apparently grows on trees right?