From "Don't Be Evil" To Drone King: Eric Schmidt's Interceptors Deployed With U.S. Troops

Google's old motto, "Don't be evil," was retired for very good reasons eight years ago.

On Friday, Google joined the growing list of tech firms preparing to deploy AI tools fornational security workat the Department of War.

But this note is not about Google. It is about Eric Schmidt's ventures in the drone warfare space, accelerated by the wars across Eurasia.

Recall that earlier this year, Schmidt reportedlyvisited Kyiv to acceleratehis drone-startup ventures, using Ukraine as a laboratory for AI drone warfare.

Ukraine has become the epicenter of FPV drones, interceptor drones, and AI kill chains. This has sent "war unicorns" from around the world rushing to test their new defense tech on the modern battlefield.

Continuing our coverage on Schmidt's drone warfare ventures, it appears that hisCalifornia-based Project Eagle, which funded Merops AS-3 Surveyor counter-drone system, has been deployed with U.S. troops in Germany, according toDefense Blog's Dylan Malyasov.

🇺🇸 Army Sec Driscoll to HAC-D: We bought 13,000 Merops interceptor drone systems at $15,000/unit and deployed them to CENTCOM to take down Shaheds. He expects with scale they can get the purchase price down to $10,000.Merops is US built with significant Ukrainian development…pic.twitter.com/wwxvgda9Dw

Merops is an interceptor drone that offers a low-cost solution for combating Shahed/Geran-type one-way attack drones without relying on million-dollar interceptor missiles.

Each of these interceptor drones reportedly costs about $15,000 and, as mass production gets underway, the price could fall well below $10,000 per unit.

Malyasov added color around Schmidt's drone ventures:

Source: ZeroHedge News