Gamera aircraft targets range, payload and cost, with capacity planned for hundreds a year

Gamera, introduced the previous week, is designed to balance range, payload capacity and cost. Its developers say they are building factory capacity to produce hundreds of aircraft a year and developing autonomy and command-and-control systems to coordinate hundreds of aircraft, rather than requiring one pilot per aircraft.

The Air Force is asking for a price below $10 million per aircraft; the developers say their calculations show they can meet that level. The Pacific is the demanding use case for range and payload, though the aircraft could be used around the world.