[EddieJLSH]

US UAV/Drones use xbox controllers too

[mey]

There was video floating around of a machine gun turret being remote controlled using the Valve Steamdeck in Ukraine.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/steam-deck-controls-a-real...

Edit: consumer joysticks normally use potentiometers, which aren't great for deadzones/drift. For things like dust incursion reasons along it would make sense for any industrial/military device to be using hall effect based joysticks.

[Accujack]

The more modern ones use hall sensor based sticks. Most new RC transmitter designs have 'em.

[numpad0]

Valve donated few of those for kids. Most likely one of those units, than purposefully chosen.

[MSFT_Edging]

Unmanned, if anything a controller failing will save some lives.

[giantg2]

Unmanned, and they have logic to autopilot in most cases.