How Ukraine Keeps Military Innovation Going

soldiers looking at UAS in ukraine

Ukraine has employed a myriad of donated and indigenously developed UAS to fight against Russia, targeting everything from enemy soldiers in the trenches to strategic air bases hundreds of miles from the front lines.

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Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago, Kyiv has relied on a steady pace of innovation in the use of uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and other tech to fight back. The key to success? Rapid feedback loops on what is needed and what is—and is not—working. The embattled...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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