“By forcing a missionization really quickly before you get to that 100 percent product ... we're getting a lot of really good interaction,” DARPA Program Manager Phillip Smith told Breaking Defense in an interview.
The mix of drones and AI is becoming more prevalent in new designs proposed by manufacturers.
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German drone manufacturer Quantum Systems will launch localized production of Twister UAVs in Ukraine starting July 2025. The first units will be sent directly to the Armed Forces of Ukraine for testing.
A very unique video shows a drone dropping a bomblet on five Russians riding motorcycles, causing nearby anti-personnel mines to explode. It appears that everyone was killed or injured.
AEVEX’s Group III Disruptor is a combat-proven, multi-role, attritable yet fully recoverable UAS capable of conducting diverse missions, including precision attack, ISR, communications relay, full-spectrum EW, cyber effects, and precision sensor emplacement.
Has not made a dent , but yes factory was already attacked couple of times. But now there is talk to get another one built with North Korean workers in employ instead of Africans
Meanwhile in Ukraine PR tours
''Trump’s special envoy Keith Kellogg was tracked and the facilities he visited for propaganda videos, were hit by Russian drones.''
Kellogg's July 17 drone factory photo-op became Russia's July 21 bombing coordinates
Well to be fair Drones were painted in Bandera colors
Translation from Ukrainian by Sergey Flash:
"Russians are shooting down more and more of our reconnaissance wings. Rubicon was crosed and this now an established practice. Storks, Sharks and FlyEye suffer the most. This was inevitable, we showed them long ago how effective this path is.
But, unfortunately, for almost a year of their lagging behind, we have not developed and created countermeasures against anti-drone drones. There are not many such measures: - Electronic warfare against the control channel of an anti-aircraft drone is questionable for a number of reasons. Both from the ground and from on board our wing.
We do not know in what range the anti-aircraft drone is controlled, and suppressing all frequencies is a utopia. - Electronic warfare (Zerkalets format) via an analog video channel is effective, but the enemy quickly understood everything and, like us, uses digital video channels. - The system "evasion" on the wings is not 100 percent or even 70 percent effective, but better than nothing. - Searching for anti-aircraft drone pilots is also a difficult path - An important countermeasure is searching for radars.
Why did Russian not shoot down our wings for so long? They did not have an effective and compact 3D radar. Without which it is impossible to shoot down wings. Just as it is difficult to search for and shoot down our bomber(kamikaze) drones. Therefore, it is important to identify the type of radar that they are using and search for them along the fronts. I am almost sure that these radars are made in China. Well, we are thinking about wing protection systems.
I forgot one more thing. Russians responded to the success of our anti-drone drones by increasing the production of its drone. This is also an option for a countermeasure. As Air defense shoots down a large percentage of drones, which means more reconasance drones need to be produced."
Google translated from Russian telegram:
Recently, at the Brave 1 military technical meeting, a representative of UkrSpecSystem told something interesting. It turns out that Russian anti-aircraft UAVs have become one of the main difficulties for their reconnaissance drones.
But he immediately noted that these anti-aircraft drones primarily interfere not with their products, but with other drones. And the whole point, most likely, is the unique flight characteristics of their Shark model — according to him, it is this drone that withstands such attacks better than others. However, the situation is still being closely monitored, and if something goes wrong, the company promises to look for new solutions to make their drones more resilient.
It seems that the statistics have really worsened — after a couple of weeks, there was evidence that the enemy began to react. For example, there are noticeably more drones in camouflage coloring, which was practically not the case before. (as interceptors come from the top Camo is relevant as drone blends more into earth surface background)
UkrSpecSystem produces models such as Shark, RAM 2X and the PD-1/PD-2 series.
But, unfortunately, for almost a year of their lagging behind, we have not developed and created countermeasures against anti-drone drones. There are not many such measures....
Why did Russian not shoot down our wings for so long? They did not have an effective and compact 3D radar. Without which it is impossible to shoot down wings....
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