NYTIMES (Andrew E. Kramer) - Enter the Killer Robots: The Ukrainian Forging the Future of Warfare
Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s 35-year-old defense minister, sees futuristic military technology as crucial to his country’s survival.
NYTIMES (Maria Varenikova and Amy Chang Chien) - Taiwan Could Learn From Ukraine. Informally, Connections Are Growing.
The governments have no official diplomatic or military ties. But a loose network led by company executives and volunteers is bridging some of that gulf.
AXIOS (Colin Demarest) - Exclusive: U.K.-Ukraine duo beats Americans at their own drone game
The U.S. launched a killer-drone competition in February. It was won, according to public leaderboards , by a small British company with frontline Ukrainian experience and a manufacturing footprint in Atlanta. Why it matters: Skycutter's stateside success, after flying well under the radar, is a reminder that: - Flash does not necessarily signal substance; - Innovation exists outside the big-money bubbles of Silicon Valley and Washington; - And the Russia-Ukraine war is influencing the battlefield tech of today and tomorrow. Driving the news: Skycutter scored an overall 99.3 at the first Gauntlet, an attack drone fly-off at Fort Benning , Georgia. In second was Neros, a California startup, at 87.5. - "We were nervous going into it,…
The U.S. launched a killer-drone competition in February. It was won, according to public leaderboards , by a small British company with frontline Ukrainian experience and a manufacturing footprint in Atlanta. Why it matters: Skycutter's stateside success, after flying well under the radar, is a reminder that: - Flash does not necessarily signal substance; - Innovation exists outside the big-money bubbles of Silicon Valley and Washington; - And the Russia-Ukraine war is influencing the battlefield tech of today and tomorrow. Driving the news: Skycutter scored an overall 99.3 at the first Gauntlet, an attack drone fly-off at Fort Benning , Georgia. In second was Neros, a California startup, at 87.5. - "We were nervous going into it,…Open
NYTIMES (Andrew E. Kramer) - A Maker of Pet Toys in Ukraine Turns to Killer Drones
An entrepreneur behind drones that make the final strike themselves epitomizes the transformation of Ukraine’s civilian technology industry into a defense powerhouse.
STRIPES (John Vandiver) - US military tests ‘Curtain Call’ drone swarm to protect troops in Africa | Stars and Stripes
The effort currently utilizes as many as 25 flying counter-drones but has the potential to be built up into a swarm of hundreds.
YOUTUBE (Monkey Werx) - CHECKMATE: MINES - THE REAL GAME CHANGER
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