Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy

SpaceX demanded a 5× price hike for Starlink on US kamikaze drones during the Iran war — and the Pentagon paid it

Weeks into the US bombing campaign against Iran, SpaceX executives told the Pentagon it was underpaying for Starlink connectivity on LUCAS suicide drones and demanded nearly $25,000 per terminal — a fivefold increase the military ultimately accepted.