Surveillance drones operated on the U.S.-Mexican border cost between $2,500 and$3,500 per flight hour. Each drone requires an hour of maintenance for every hour it spends in the air. Each Predator and Reaper drone (our most common strike drones) requires a team of 180 people to operate. properly. The cost of producing a military drone ranges from $100,000 to hundreds of millions of dollars. Over the next decade, the Pentagon plans to spend $40 billion on medium-to-large sized drones.
Most infants born at 36 and 37 weeks' gestation are mature enough to be discharged from the hospital with the mother. But many premature infants need care in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Hospital care will be needed for: 1  Underdeveloped lungs. 2  Inability to breathe continuously (apnea of prematurity) . 3  Inability to maintain body heat.
Your preemie's special challenges. A premature or preterm baby is born before 37 complete weeks of pregnancy. Generally, the earlier a baby is born, the higher the risk of complications. At first, your premature baby might have little body fat and need help maintaining body heat.He or she might cry only softly and have trouble breathing.f your baby is born too early, the miracle of birth might be overshadowed by concern about your preemie's health and the possible long-term effects of prematurity. However, there's much you can do to take care of your premature baby â and yourself â as you look toward the future.