"These drones, they're like mechanical wasps."
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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:
Ukraine has more battlefield drone experience than many NATO allies, and it's eager to share its hard-won expertise.
Ukraine’s most skilled military drone pilots squared off this week not against Russia, but against each other in a competition
The U.K. recently revealed the Storm Fighter, Storm Fire and Storm Chrome projects.
Some 300 Ukrainian drone operators recently took a break from combat to compete in an event called Wild Drones. The competition…
Ukraine is responding to Russia's current drone dominance by augmenting AI capabilities into its drones, an effort boosted by…
Ukraine's turnaround has challenged the long-held wisdom that Russia's bigger and better-equipped army can outlast Kyiv's. Read…
