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by Mvhsz 2477 days ago
The first four block 1 varients deployed to Afghanistan were pretty widely publicized. After that you can find public references to test events throughout the 2010s, the manufacturing of a few block 2 varients, and stated interest from more than one agency. But no there aren't a lot of hard numbers to be found in a Google search. Presumably you could learn more by looking through the actual contracts, but that takes some time and effort.

For a completely new military program, that's close to your best case scenario. Most new programs get dropped after the first prototype.

https://www.auvsi.org/arms-armed-and-armor-lockheed-martin-p...

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I saw that Lockheed was not selected by the Army for their next round.

https://www.defensenews.com/land/2017/12/14/four-companies-a...

I guess I don't see delivering prototypes as selling well, but arguing opinions is boring, so whatever.