[vinw]

It's probably because of the low volume. They've only sold 30 so far, and the R&D costs need to be recovered.

[bencollier49]

If the selling point is stability in a storm, then the differentiation is in software, which is interesting. You'd expect the price of things like this to tumble.

One could imagine great dark clouds of these things in battle over perhaps Eastern Europe or the South China Sea in ten years' time.

[ta8645]

And roving cities assigning tickets for illegal parking and all manner of other infractions.