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Houthis stretch Saudi defenses thin | PLA fixes drone-to-helicopter targeting | Ghost Shark gets mines & Altius drones | Romanian F-16s down Geran-4s | Sting interceptors fired from a naval drone
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Russia iterates, Ukraine multiplies | PLA drills for jamming failure | Taiwan Coast Guard’s first V-BATs | China’s 47% drone patent share | Jet-powered Garpiya & mobile launchers
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Russia’s layered refinery defenses | PLA lasers & microwaves vs swarms | Army’s $7B CUAS contract | Houthis debut Shawaz drone | Cutting warheads on jet Gerans
All 14 Iterations of Russia’s Jet Drones That Tell Us About Moscow's Next Move
Russia is iterating its Geran jet drones to have more specialized ways to acquire and damage targets. All 14 hardware changes, since their deployment, capitalize on Geran's built-in design flexibility to lean towards a mission-specific role, that has a larger redundancy and autonomy stock.
September Markets and Industry Report
U.S. laser defenses enter production, drone firms pursue cross-domain acquisitions, and East Asian governments propose major unmanned-systems budgets.
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Drone ports spur high-volume strikes | JIATF billion-dollar CUAS push | Al-Shabab & Houthis drone transfers | China's 116 underwater drone swarms | FPVs on power lines
China Can Put Rassvet on Russian Drones Before the Network is Complete
Chinese components are driving the expansion of Russia's satellite network, Rassvet, and could likely remove the key bottleneck that can delay the beginning of Rassvet- linked drone trials against Ukraine.
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Short cycles aren't short enough | Identifying UAV emitters | Russian economy re-orients around drones | UAVs intensify Yemen war | Airborne communication relays
Russia's Rassvet Satellites Will Threaten Ukraine with Better Drone Strikes
Russia is doubling down on building an independent satellite network, Rassvet, for more lethal drone strikes against Ukraine. Despite several delays, scoped testing has already begun, leaving Kyiv with less time to spin a solution than it might have bargained for.
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Why directed energy isn't used in Ukraine | Chinese submarine mothership | Is a smart missile a drone? | Solar powered FPVs | Drones hunt trains
August Markets and Industry Report
European defense capital deploys rapidly, maritime autonomy transitions to production, U.S. procurement reorganizes around single unified acquisition authority.
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Software vs hardware | Chinese stealth UAVs | US turns to directed energy | 3,000km energy infra strike | Recon UAVs get nets