Category: Doctrine & Policy

Shaheds That Think, Drones That Pay, and a $4 Billion IPO

Ukraine's top drone analyst says AI autonomous targeting is weeks away for Shaheds. Also: Kyiv's e-Points system is steering units toward harder targets 100 km from the front, a hand-launched recon drone reaches 150 km for a fraction of the usual cost, an...

Drones From Swindon to the Frontline

Europe's largest indoor drone testing facility opens in Swindon under a new UK Defence Secretary. Also: Ukraine's monthly drone kill count climbs 12.7%, Pokémon Go scan data trains military navigation AI, Spain launches a mixed swarm experiment, and NATO...

Sea Drone Rescues Downed US Crew in Historic First

A robot boat rescues two downed aviators in the Gulf, and the way it happened says a lot about where naval autonomy is heading. Plus: Taiwan's drone budget gutted, what survived the FCAS wreck, bee-brained drones, and an AI boss breaks ranks. First...

From Washington to Kharkiv, Military AI Moves Forward

Trump's new directive puts commercial AI on the Pentagon's classified networks, with strings attached. Elsewhere: Ukraine automates the Shahed hunt, a drone carrier on the Dnipro, Kyiv's 2,000 km ambition, Russia's AI tank talk, and Britain's first ground...

Ukraine Turns the Drone War Inside Out

A $25 wing kit just sent a Ukrainian FPV drone 102 km behind Russian lines, and both sides know what comes next. Plus: the AI finding gaps in Russian air defences, fire at Putin's showcase forum, Denmark's sea swarms, and London's quiet kill-chain row. ...