• Saleh@feddit.org
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    18 hours ago

    Ukrainians are actually reporting the drones to be vastly overpriced compared to similar Ukrainian drones.

    Otherwise there is quite a few indications of corruption and it wouldn’t be surprising if Helsing will become the next Wirecard, as Germany once again follows the fever dream of some billions-worth start-up without following up on what it actually can and cannot do.

    https://archive.ph/20250409074743/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-08/helsing-europe-s-most-valuable-defense-tech-company-is-facing-allegations-from

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      16 hours ago

      Correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t they expensive simply because of startup model and having to pay off R&D? Meaning they should normalize over time.

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        16 hours ago

        Why should Ukranians pay for that though?

        Although i strongly doubt, that they would have R&D justifying 4x the price of Ukrainian competitors, when people in the field say that the capabilities are similar.

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          13 hours ago

          Fair point. At the same time, western stuff has always been more expensive, but at this point it borderline feels like a cope.

          In any case, what Spotify did does not exactly equal killing kids, that’s straight up russian propaganda.