NDAA 2026 is Set to Transform U.S. Drone Policy
At a Snapshot $3.2B Counter-UAS 1M Army Drones Dec 23 DJI Deadline $1B Taiwan Init. Five Structural Shifts JIATF-401
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Rayzan and Syzran Drone Damage and Market Impact Assessment
Key Findings * Capacity Disrupted: Ukrainian drone strikes from Dec 2-7, 2025, took an estimated 180,000 to 300,000 barrels
Trump's National Security Strategy Signals Mass Drone Mobilization
The Trump administration's 2025 National Security Strategy abandons three decades of Pentagon acquisition orthodoxy in favor of a
Why Non-State Actors Are Winning the Drone Innovation Race? They Learn Differently.
NSAs are exploiting decentralized digital networks to acquire drone intelligence, compressing existing innovation cycles and fueling downstream mutations across regions.
Combat-Proven: Are Non-State Actors Becoming the New ‘Beta-Testers’?
The competition for battle-tested drones is spawning NSA-driven franchise networks, accelerating weaponized innovation, and granting patron states asymmetric advantages over slow legacy systems.
Supply Chain Internationalization and the Erosion of Export Control Regimes
The global market for armed unmanned aerial vehicles has undergone a structural transformation between 2018 and 2023. Turkey captured 65%
Overengineering and Attrition: Why U.S. Drones Are Failing in Ukraine
The high-intensity conflict in Ukraine has exposed a critical flaw in the Western, and specifically the U.S., approach to
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Drone-Enabled Geoeconomics: Energy Infrastructure as a Terminal Target
Cost Asymmetry in Drone Strikes on Russian Energy Infrastructure Selected Attacks, 2024-2025 Defender Impact ($M) Attacker Cost ($M) Cost ($ Millions)