Your original comment suggested that part of the problem is underinvestment by the US military. Underinvestment is a different problem than defense contractors like Boeing being slow and expensive.
Apart from that, the old defense contractors aren’t the only ones. Anduril seems to work both on drone defense and building drones. Palantir seems to do something drone related as well (but it’s less clear to me what they are doing exactly).
It might be that the key problem isn’t in spending more money but in reducing the bureaucracy and the criteria that the drones need to hit.
Both problems are severe. Not enough money is being spent on drone procurement, and what money is being spent is being spent inefficiently. I make no claim about which is worse.
Your original comment suggested that part of the problem is underinvestment by the US military. Underinvestment is a different problem than defense contractors like Boeing being slow and expensive.
Apart from that, the old defense contractors aren’t the only ones. Anduril seems to work both on drone defense and building drones. Palantir seems to do something drone related as well (but it’s less clear to me what they are doing exactly).
It might be that the key problem isn’t in spending more money but in reducing the bureaucracy and the criteria that the drones need to hit.
Both problems are severe. Not enough money is being spent on drone procurement, and what money is being spent is being spent inefficiently. I make no claim about which is worse.