Ukraine's air defences are being outrun by Russia's jet-powered drones, and the fixes are arriving slower than the threat.
This episode covers the September interception data: 55 percent of 2,730 new jet-powered drones downed against 90 percent of older Shaheds, plus reported Russian mesh radio repeaters in Kyiv guiding strikes and a locally built engine and optical navigation on the Geran-4. We follow up on Operation Vivaldi, where the Sixty-sixth Mechanized Brigade's ground robots run most battalion logistics, and the Sargan 300 sinking a Russian unmanned boat in what Ukraine calls the first naval battle between unmanned boats. In Washington, the Army's Futures and Autonomous Systems Command faces a funding wall, a continuing resolution threatens 150-plus new programs, and the $4.15 billion counter-drone contract vehicle has only $50 million obligated. We also cover Lockheed's PAC-3 Edge and the UK's Project Panoptes laser counter-drone effort.
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