drones, Russia and Ukraine
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Despite the changes in warfare, Russian forces retain the ascendancy and are making slow but steady advances in the east and north of Ukraine. Russia has also caught up in UAV technology after falling behind early in the war, according to military analysts, and like its enemy is churning out drones domestically at a rate of millions a year.
Ukraine is massively scaling up its production of low-cost interceptor drones to stop Russia's growing barrages of Shahed attack drones.
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RBC Ukraine on MSNUkraine to ramp up AI drones and robotic weapons productionUkrainian company Frontline has signed a strategic agreement with German-Ukrainian drone manufacturer Quantum Systems. The partnership involves scaling up production in Ukraine and deeper integration into the European defense industry,
Unmanned vehicles dominate the battlefield in Ukraine—laying mines, delivering ammunition and medication, even evacuating casualties.
How are drones used in the conflict? Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become the main weapon of the war in Ukraine—a bloody, high-tech clash that is seen as a harbinger of conflicts to come. While artillery battles once defined the war,
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Defense News on MSNUkraine fielding new crop of unmanned boats optimized for river combatOver the winter, Brave1, a government defense-technology hub tasked with getting new capabilities field-ready, reported that Ukrainian troops were trialling the Black Widow 2. The system, which also measures roughly one meter in length, has a reported payload of three kilograms and a range of 10 kilometers.
Israel and Ukraine have used drones against their adversaries in audacious ways that have helped the Pentagon see the need for new technology.
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Ukrainska Pravda on MSNUkrainian developer of AI systems for FPV drones attracts funding from the EU, US and Canada – photos, videoThe Fourth Law (TFL), a defence technology company founded by entrepreneur Yaroslav Azhniuk and headquartered in Kyiv, has announced its first round of funding from a group of venture capital funds and angel investors from the EU,
MILAN (Reuters) -Italy's Leonardo is open to supplying technology for drones but it does not plan to open a factory in Ukraine, the chief executive of the state-controlled defence group told daily Corriere della Sera in an interview published on Saturday.
The war in Ukraine shows how networked, low-cost drones and commercial tech are reshaping warfare—and why these lessons are critical for the future of space defense.
Russian strikes on Ukraine overnight saw four regions targeted with hundreds of drones, injuring 24 people as Moscow extended a wave of large-scale attacks.