I had heard of this before, but it came up at again at a conference I attended last week. I was just looking back at DJI pricing from the P1 through to current models and this also seemsto fit our little bit of the aviation world.
Agustine's most cited law is number 16, which shows that defense budgets grow linearly but the unit cost of a new military aircraft grows exponentially
"In the year 2054, the entire defense budget will purchase just one tactical aircraft. This aircraft will have to be shared by the Air Force and Navy 3½ days each per week except for leap year, when it will be made available to the Marines for the extra day"
I see that the Phantom range of craft have nearly tripled since it took to the air in 2013.
Sure we are paying for more abilities and technology. But if we look at other technolgy advancements, electronics, TVs, Computers etc, the higher tech is becoming cheaper to manufacture and purchase. When i think what i used to spend on computer components back in the day, this certainly pans out.
So I wonder what we will be paying for our RPAS in 2054
Agustine's most cited law is number 16, which shows that defense budgets grow linearly but the unit cost of a new military aircraft grows exponentially
"In the year 2054, the entire defense budget will purchase just one tactical aircraft. This aircraft will have to be shared by the Air Force and Navy 3½ days each per week except for leap year, when it will be made available to the Marines for the extra day"
I see that the Phantom range of craft have nearly tripled since it took to the air in 2013.
Sure we are paying for more abilities and technology. But if we look at other technolgy advancements, electronics, TVs, Computers etc, the higher tech is becoming cheaper to manufacture and purchase. When i think what i used to spend on computer components back in the day, this certainly pans out.
So I wonder what we will be paying for our RPAS in 2054