Tag: Ukraine

So Which Tasks Will Be Left For Humans?

In 1951, the psychologist Paul Fitts drew a line for the US National Research Council on the division of labour between people and machines in aviation. Humans got judgement in novel situations, flexibility, inductive reasoning, the detection of faint...

Drones Are Eating the Military’s Command Structure Too

Ukraine floats a stratosphere missile that defeats Russian jamming by cutting its own navigation off. Also: Britain ditches its destroyers for drone-coordinating warships, a US company cleared a fortified breach with 35 drones and 100 pounds of C4, AI is...

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...

A War of Operating Systems

Ukraine reveals autonomous drones that killed without a human in the loop. Also: the Army builds a counter-UAS hunter-killer robot in 48 hours, a 1,000 kg underwater strike drone debuts at Eurosatory, the Sting interceptor's speed trade-off, and Kyiv opens...