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Senators want the Army to explain stripping the 173rd Airborne of its drone specialization. Elsewhere: Ukraine's ousted tech chief lands Palantir's CEO as investor, a new VR drone trainer, a German loitering munition, and India's helicopter drones. ...
The cost of new F-35 fighter jets has risen 11% to about $92M each. And: Ukraine deploys 10,000 cheap Hornet drones, China mass-produces a disposable interceptor, Britain wants lasers, Poland forms a new regiment, and cartel drones hit the border. The...
A Chinese UCAV's autopilot lost lock on a manoeuvring target 3 minutes before the strike, so the operator flew it by hand. Elsewhere: a Chinese robot wolf, the Pentagon's new counter-drone shop, Ukraine's drone diplomacy, and a Taiwan swarm test. Manual...