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Eric Schmidt-founded Perennial and eight other drone startups plan to split US DoD orders for 60,000 drones in a competition that requires no China-made parts

Last month, the Pentagon threw up its arms in frustration (metaphorically speaking) when most of the drone startups in competition …

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Eric Schmidt-founded Perennial and eight other drone startups plan to split US DoD orders for 60,000 drones in a competition that requires no China-made parts

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