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The budget
Development cost structure
Line itemScopeEstimate
Engineering & designMechanical, materials and dispersal system design across five sizes$220k – $450k
Prototyping & toolingIterative prototypes, soft tooling, assembly fixtures$120k – $300k
Agent supply & handlingFoam, gel, powder and wet chemical concentrates for test programme$30k – $70k
Live fire test programmeTraining-centre burn facilities, instrumentation, crews$150k – $350k
Certification & regulatoryIndependent test house, standards compliance, legal review$80k – $200k
Drone & aerial integrationWILD and AIR carriage, release and flight trials$180k – $400k
IP & programme managementPatent filings, programme staffing and contingency$150k – $320k
Total programmeConcept through certification to first production run$0.9M – $2.1M
Benchmark estimates built from published 2026 cost ranges for hardware engineering, injection-mould tooling, live fire testing, independent certification and PCT patent filing. They are planning ranges, not quotations — each line is to be confirmed with supplier, test-house and certification quotes before contract.
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