{
  "id": 12490,
  "url": "https://breakingdefense.com/2026/07/general-atomics-ceo-throws-shade-at-cost-target-for-new-drone",
  "title": "General Atomics CEO throws shade at cost target for new drone",
  "summary": "“I believe they put a silly goal in here for a low end [cost],” Dave Alexander told Breaking Defense. “Anybody that bids that number is very suspicious.”",
  "authors": "Valerie Insinna",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "military-security",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-21T13:39:49.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-22T05:10:49.469Z",
  "source_slug": "x-breaking-defense-ai",
  "source_name": "Breaking Defense (AI)",
  "source_homepage": "https://breakingdefense.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/12490",
  "original_url": "https://breakingdefense.com/2026/07/general-atomics-ceo-throws-shade-at-cost-target-for-new-drone",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}