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,…
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